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2017 Mercedes-Benz GL450: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 2017 Mercedes-Benz GL450. The newest campaign is 17V241000. NHTSA received the report on 11 Apr 2017. The NHTSA record gives the component Steering / Electric Power Assist System. NHTSA has 1 complaint on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 17V241000, in the NHTSA record

MBUSA will notify owners, and dealers will replace the connector and inspect the electric power steering rack, replacing the rack as necessary. These repairs will be performed free of charge. Remedy parts are currently unavailable. Interim notices informing owners of the safety risk are expected to be mailed June 30, 2017. Owners will receive a second notice when remedy parts become available. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372.

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 58,374 units in total.

  1. 17V241000Received . 58,323 units.

    Steering / Electric Power Assist System

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2016 GLE300d 4Matic, E400 4Matic Coupe, GL63 AMG, GLE350, GLE350 4Matic, GLE350d 4Matic, GLE400 4Matic, GLE43 AMG Coupe 4Matic, GLE550e 4Matic, GLE63 AMG 4Matic, GLE63S AMG 4Matic and GLE63S AMG Coupe 4Matic vehicles, 2017 E300 4Matic and GLS63 AMG 4Matic vehicles, and 2016-2017 GL350 4Matic BlueTec, GL450 4Matic, and GL550 4Matic vehicles. The affected vehicles have an electric power steering connector that may be insufficiently sealed, allowing water to enter the control unit.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    If water enters the power steering control unit, the power steering assist may be deactivated, increasing the risk of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    MBUSA will notify owners, and dealers will replace the connector and inspect the electric power steering rack, replacing the rack as necessary. These repairs will be performed free of charge. Remedy parts are currently unavailable. Interim notices informing owners of the safety risk are expected to be mailed June 30, 2017. Owners will receive a second notice when remedy parts become available. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372.

    Report filed by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC.. Manufacturer campaign number 2017050013. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 17V177000Received . 51 units.

    Electrical System / Software

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2016 AMG GT-S, GLC300, CLA250 and GLE300d 4Matic vehicles, 2013 C250, E350 BlueTec and G63 AMG vehicles, 2008-2014 C300 vehicles, 2013-2014 C300 4Matic and ML350 4Matic vehicles, 2009 C350 vehicles, 2014 CLS550, E350 4Matic, E350 Coupe 4Matic, E350 Wagon 4Matic, GLK350 and SL550 vehicles, 2012 CLS550 4Matic vehicles, 2012-2016 E350 vehicles, 2016-2017 GL450 4Matic vehicles, 2012-2014 ML350 4Matic BlueTec vehicles, 2015 S550, S550 4Matic and C300 4Matic Sedan vehicles, 2015-2016 C300 Sedan vehicles, and 2017 SL63 AMG vehicles. Various control units on these vehicles may have been updated with incorrect software, potentially affecting the correct deployment of the air bags in the event of a crash.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    If the air bags do not deploy as intended in the event of a crash, there would be an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    MBUSA will notify owners, and dealers will update software in the affected control units, free of charge. The recall began April 21, 2017. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372.

    Report filed by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

1 complaint, 1 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

2017 Mercedes-Benz GL450: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Engine1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
1
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
16 Oct 2019

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 2017 Mercedes-Benz GL450, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2019, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 20072
  2. 20082
  3. 20093
  4. 20103
  5. 20113
  6. 20123
  7. 20133
  8. 20143
  9. 20153
  10. 20165
  11. 20172

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

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Cite this page

Recall Register. 2017 Mercedes-Benz GL450: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mercedes-benz/gl450/2017/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2017 Mercedes-Benz GL450?
58,374 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Mercedes-Benz GL450 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 11 recall campaigns for the Mercedes-Benz GL450, model years 2007 to 2017. 2 of them name the 2017 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2017 Mercedes-Benz GL450 name most often?
Engine: 1 of 1 component mention.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2017 Mercedes-Benz GL450 open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.