Mercedes-Benz Amg Gle53, Mercedes-Benz Amg Gle63 S, Mercedes-Benz Amg Gls63, Mercedes-Benz Gle350, Mercedes-Benz Gle450, Mercedes-Benz Gle580, model years 2022 to 2023. Filed by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 17 March 2023. 70,225 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2022-2023 GLE350, GLE450, GLE580, GLS450, GLS580, Maybach GLS600, AMG GLE53, AMG GLE63 S, and AMG GLS63 vehicles. The rear door window trim bars may detach from the vehicle while driving.
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: 2023040011. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 23V178 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 23V178 cover?
- Mercedes-Benz AMG Gle53, Mercedes-Benz AMG Gle63 S, Mercedes-Benz AMG GLS63, Mercedes-Benz Gle350, Mercedes-Benz Gle450, Mercedes-Benz Gle580, Mercedes-Benz GLS450, Mercedes-Benz GLS580, model years 2022-2023.
- What is wrong with them?
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2022-2023 GLE350, GLE450, GLE580, GLS450, GLS580, Maybach GLS600, AMG GLE53, AMG GLE63 S, and AMG GLS63 vehicles. The rear door window trim bars may detach from the vehicle while driving.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Detached trim bars may cause a road hazard and increase the risk of a crash or injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will inspect and secure the rear window trim bars, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 5, 2023. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. This recall is an expansion of previous recall number 22V-680.
- 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 2023040011, 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: “Detached trim bars may cause a road hazard and increase the risk of a crash or injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 23V178 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC |
| System at fault | Structure:Body |
| Reported to NHTSA | 17 March 2023 |
| Model years | 2022-2023 |
| Vehicles named | MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GLE53, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GLE63 S, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GLS63, MERCEDES-BENZ GLE350, MERCEDES-BENZ GLE450, MERCEDES-BENZ GLE580, MERCEDES-BENZ GLS450, MERCEDES-BENZ GLS580, MERCEDES-MAYBACH GLS600 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Detached trim bars may cause a road hazard and increase the risk of a crash or injury.
The remedy
Dealers will inspect and secure the rear window trim bars, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 5, 2023. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. This recall is an expansion of previous recall number 22V-680. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2023040011.
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 901 notices in the record whose component field names structure. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Mercedes-Benz AMG Gle53 recalls: 19 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG Gle63 S recalls: 7 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG GLS63 recalls: 19 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz Gle350 recalls: 13 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz Gle450 recalls: 11 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz GLS450 recalls: 20 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz GLS580 recalls: 11 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 23V178, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/23v178/
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 23V178 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
3ea51de5 - Consequence
b6815e94 - 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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