Mercedes Benz C300, Mercedes Benz C350, Mercedes Benz Clk550, Mercedes Benz G550, Mercedes Benz Sl550, Mercedes Benz Slk280, model years 2007 to 2014. Filed by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 18 March 2022. 22 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2010 E350, 2014 G550, 2008-2009 C300, 2008 C350, 2009 CLK550, 2007 SL550, SLK280, and 2008 SLK350 vehicles. Various control units may have been updated with incorrect software configuration during a service repair. This can result in various system failures, such as …
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.
Mbusa's own number for this recall: 2022040003. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 22V168 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 22V168 cover?
- Mercedes Benz C300, Mercedes Benz C350, Mercedes Benz CLK550, Mercedes Benz G550, Mercedes Benz SL550, Mercedes Benz SLK280, Mercedes Benz SLK350, Mercedes-Benz E350, model years 2007-2014.
- What is wrong with them?
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2010 E350, 2014 G550, 2008-2009 C300, 2008 C350, 2009 CLK550, 2007 SL550, SLK280, and 2008 SLK350 vehicles. Various control units may have been updated with incorrect software configuration during a service repair.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Various system failures, such as loss of drive power, reduced exterior lighting, or loss of dynamic control functions including stability and traction control, can increase the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will update the software configuration on the affected control units, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 3, 2022. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2022040003.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Mbusa calls this recall 2022040003, 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: “Various system failures, such as loss of drive power, reduced exterior lighting, or loss of dynamic control functions including stability and traction control, can increase the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 22V168 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC |
| System at fault | Exterior Lighting:Lighting Control Module:Software |
| Reported to NHTSA | 18 March 2022 |
| Model years | 2007-2014 |
| Vehicles named | MERCEDES BENZ C300, MERCEDES BENZ C350, MERCEDES BENZ CLK550, MERCEDES BENZ G550, MERCEDES BENZ SL550, MERCEDES BENZ SLK280, MERCEDES BENZ SLK350, MERCEDES-BENZ E350 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Various system failures, such as loss of drive power, reduced exterior lighting, or loss of dynamic control functions including stability and traction control, can increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will update the software configuration on the affected control units, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 3, 2022. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2022040003.
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 663 notices in the record whose component field names exterior lighting. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 43 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Mercedes-Benz C300 recalls: 26 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz C350 recalls: 11 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz G550 recalls: 9 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz SL550 recalls: 7 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz SLK350 recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz E350 recalls: 17 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 22V168, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/22v168/
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 22V168 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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12083c32 - 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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