Mercedes-Benz S580, Mercedes-Maybach S580, model year 2021. Filed by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 24 March 2023. 6 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2021 Maybach S580 and S580 vehicles. The bulkhead that separates the engine compartment from the passenger compartment may not have been properly sealed, causing water to drain into the passenger compartment. Water intrusion into the foot wells may cause corrosion …
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: 2023040009. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 23V200 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 23V200 cover?
- Mercedes-Benz S580, Mercedes-Maybach S580, model year 2021.
- What is wrong with them?
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2021 Maybach S580 and S580 vehicles. The bulkhead that separates the engine compartment from the passenger compartment may not have been properly sealed, causing water to drain into the passenger compartment.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Disabled safety features, including seat belt tightening and seat adjustments, can increase the risk of injury in a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will repair the bulkhead front wall sealing, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 12, 2023. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2023040009.
- 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 2023040009, 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: “Disabled safety features, including seat belt tightening and seat adjustments, can increase the risk of injury in a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 23V200 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC |
| System at fault | Structure:Frame And Members |
| Reported to NHTSA | 24 March 2023 |
| Model years | 2021-2021 |
| Vehicles named | MERCEDES-BENZ S580, MERCEDES-MAYBACH S580 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Disabled safety features, including seat belt tightening and seat adjustments, can increase the risk of injury in a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will repair the bulkhead front wall sealing, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 12, 2023. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2023040009.
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.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 23V200, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/23v200/
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.
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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 23V200 on 4 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
8417a62e - Consequence
798d71a9 - 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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