Mercedes-Maybach S580, Mercedes-Maybach S680, model years 2022 to 2023. Filed by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 4 August 2023. 73 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2022-2023 Maybach S580 and Maybach S680 vehicles. The 12-Volt ground connection in the trunk may not be secured properly, which can impair the electronic stability program (ESP) or result in the ground connection overheating.
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-Maybach's own number for this recall: 2023080008. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 23V554 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 23V554 cover?
- Mercedes-Maybach S580, Mercedes-Maybach S680, model years 2022-2023.
- What is wrong with them?
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2022-2023 Maybach S580 and Maybach S680 vehicles. The 12-Volt ground connection in the trunk may not be secured properly, which can impair the electronic stability program (ESP) or result in the ground connection overheating.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Impaired electronic stability control can increase the risk of a crash. An overheated ground connection can increase the risk of a fire.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will inspect and repair the 12-Volt ground connection, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 22, 2023. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2023080008.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Mercedes-Maybach calls this recall 2023080008, 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: “Impaired electronic stability control can increase the risk of a crash. An overheated ground connection can increase the risk of a fire.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 23V554 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC |
| System at fault | Electrical System:Wiring:Rear Compartment/Trunk |
| Reported to NHTSA | 4 August 2023 |
| Model years | 2022-2023 |
| Vehicles named | MERCEDES-MAYBACH S580, MERCEDES-MAYBACH S680 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Impaired electronic stability control can increase the risk of a crash. An overheated ground connection can increase the risk of a fire.
The remedy
Dealers will inspect and repair the 12-Volt ground connection, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 22, 2023. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2023080008.
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 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 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 23V554, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/23v554/
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 23V554 on 5 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
83a45481 - Consequence
cddcf863 - 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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