Mercedes-Benz A220, Mercedes-Benz Amg Glb35, Mercedes-Benz Glb250, model years 2019 to 2021. Filed by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 17 December 2021. 38,312 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2021 AMG GLB35, 2019-2020 A220, and 2020 GLB250 vehicles. The integral carrier that supports the front axle may corrode, causing it to fail.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Mercedes-Benz's own number for this recall: 2022070009. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 21V990 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 21V990 cover?
- Mercedes-Benz A220, Mercedes-Benz AMG GLB35, Mercedes-Benz GLB250, model years 2019-2021.
- What is wrong with them?
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2021 AMG GLB35, 2019-2020 A220, and 2020 GLB250 vehicles. The integral carrier that supports the front axle may corrode, causing it to fail.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Front axle carrier failure may result in a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will inspect and replace the integral carrier, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 29, 2022. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2022070009.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Mercedes-Benz calls this recall 2022070009, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “Front axle carrier failure may result in a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 21V990 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC |
| System at fault | Suspension:Front |
| Reported to NHTSA | 17 December 2021 |
| Model years | 2019-2021 |
| Vehicles named | MERCEDES-BENZ A220, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GLB35, MERCEDES-BENZ GLB250 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Front axle carrier failure may result in a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will inspect and replace the integral carrier, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 29, 2022. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2022070009.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 732 notices in the record whose component field names suspension. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 33 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 21V990, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/21v990/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 21V990 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
b7dd6118 - Consequence
735490ee - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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