Mercedes-Benz Glb250, model year 2021. Filed by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 9 May 2022. 88 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2021 GLB 250 vehicles. The level sensor linkage on the rear axle might not have been installed properly, which could affect the headlight leveling function. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2022050011.
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: 2022050011. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 22V314 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 22V314 cover?
- Mercedes-Benz GLB250, model year 2021.
- What is wrong with them?
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2021 GLB 250 vehicles. The level sensor linkage on the rear axle might not have been installed properly, which could affect the headlight leveling function. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2022050011.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Improperly leveled headlights may project a glare, which can impact other drivers and increase the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will inspect and repair the level sensor linkage, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 10, 2022. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372.
- 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 2022050011, 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: “Improperly leveled headlights may project a glare, which can impact other drivers and increase the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 22V314 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC |
| System at fault | Suspension:Rear |
| Reported to NHTSA | 9 May 2022 |
| Model years | 2021-2021 |
| Vehicles named | MERCEDES-BENZ GLB250 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Improperly leveled headlights may project a glare, which can impact other drivers and increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will inspect and repair the level sensor linkage, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 10, 2022. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372.
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.
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 22V314, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/22v314/
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 22V314 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
20f6472e - Consequence
029d51e0 - 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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