Mercedes Benz Amg Gle53 4matic, Mercedes Benz Amg Gle63 S 4matic, Mercedes Benz Amg Gls63 4matic, Mercedes Benz Gle 350, Mercedes Benz Gle 450e 4matic, Mercedes Benz Gle 580 4matic, model year 2026. Filed by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 27 March 2026. 932 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2026 GLE 350 4MATIC, GLE 450 4MATIC, GLE 350, GLE 580 4MATIC, GLS 580 4MATIC, GLE 450 E 4MATIC, AMG GLE53 4MATIC, AMG GLS63 4MATIC, AMG GLE63 S 4MATIC, GLS 450 4MATIC, and GLS 600 4MATIC vehicles. The passenger air bag fabric may have been manufactured incorrectly, …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 26V199 cover?
- Mercedes Benz AMG Gle53 4Matic, Mercedes Benz AMG Gle63 S 4Matic, Mercedes Benz AMG GLS63 4Matic, Mercedes Benz Gle 350, Mercedes Benz Gle 450E 4Matic, Mercedes Benz Gle 580 4Matic, Mercedes Benz GLS 450 4Matic, Mercedes Benz GLS 580 4Matic, model year 2026.
- What is wrong with them?
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2026 GLE 350 4MATIC, GLE 450 4MATIC, GLE 350, GLE 580 4MATIC, GLS 580 4MATIC, GLE 450 E 4MATIC, AMG GLE53 4MATIC, AMG GLS63 4MATIC, AMG GLE63 S 4MATIC, GLS 450 4MATIC, and GLS 600 4MATIC vehicles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Air bags that do not deploy as intended during a crash increase the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will replace the passenger air bag module, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 12, 2026. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning April 3, 2026.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
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: “Air bags that do not deploy as intended during a crash increase the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 26V199 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC |
| System at fault | Air Bags:Passenger Side Frontal:Cushion |
| Reported to NHTSA | 27 March 2026 |
| Model years | 2026-2026 |
| Vehicles named | MERCEDES BENZ AMG GLE53 4MATIC, MERCEDES BENZ AMG GLE63 S 4MATIC, MERCEDES BENZ AMG GLS63 4MATIC, MERCEDES BENZ GLE 350, MERCEDES BENZ GLE 450E 4MATIC, MERCEDES BENZ GLE 580 4MATIC, MERCEDES BENZ GLS 450 4MATIC, MERCEDES BENZ GLS 580 4MATIC, MERCEDES-BENZ GLE 350 4MATIC, MERCEDES-BENZ GLE 450 4MATIC, MERCEDES-MAYBACH GLS 600 4MATIC |
What the notice says today
The defect
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2026 GLE 350 4MATIC, GLE 450 4MATIC, GLE 350, GLE 580 4MATIC, GLS 580 4MATIC, GLE 450 E 4MATIC, AMG GLE53 4MATIC, AMG GLS63 4MATIC, AMG GLE63 S 4MATIC, GLS 450 4MATIC, and GLS 600 4MATIC vehicles. The passenger air bag fabric may have been manufactured incorrectly, which can cause the air bag not to deploy as intended.
The consequence
Air bags that do not deploy as intended during a crash increase the risk of injury.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the passenger air bag module, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 12, 2026. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning April 3, 2026.
What it said before
Nothing has changed while we have been watching. We last read the wording of this campaign on 17 September 2026, and it matched the copy we already held.
That copy hashes to 5f7814271cad652611b2e05e891ce996…, so if it is ever edited the change is provable rather than a matter of memory.
This is one of 846 notices in the record whose component field names air bags. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 46 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Mercedes-Benz AMG Gle53 4matic+ recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG Gle63 S 4matic+ recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG GLS63 4matic+ recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz Gle 350 recalls: 41 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz Gle 580 4matic recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 4matic recalls: 11 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz GLS 580 4matic recalls: 22 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz Gle 350 4matic recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz Gle 450 4matic recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600 4matic recalls: 7 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 26V199, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/26v199/
The copy quoted above hashes to 5f7814271cad652611b2e05e891ce996…. If the notice is reworded later, that fingerprint will not match, which is how a reader checks that the quotation was of the version we say it was.
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 26V199 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
5095abcd - Consequence
639e0fab - 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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