Steering: electric power assist system (Mercedes-Benz)
Vehicle recall 17V-241. NHTSA received Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC.’s report on Apr 11, 2017.
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NHTSA received Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC.’s report on Apr 11, 2017. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 24, 2026.
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What’s wrong with it?
If water enters the power steering control unit, the power steering assist may be deactivated, increasing the risk of a crash.
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.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Steering: electric power assist system.
What should you do?
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.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 58,323 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
Each model year opens its own page: every recall naming it, its owner complaints and its crash ratings.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- Mercedes-Benz GL35020172016
- Mercedes-Benz GLE63S2016
- Mercedes-Benz GLE300D2016
- Mercedes-Benz GLE350D2016
- Mercedes-Benz GLE550E2016
- Mercedes-Benz GL55020172016
- Mercedes-Benz GLE3502016
- Mercedes-Benz GL45020172016
- Mercedes-Benz E4002016
- Mercedes-Benz AMG GLE432016
- Mercedes-Benz AMG GL632016
- Mercedes-Benz AMG GLE632016
- Mercedes-Benz E3002017
- Mercedes-Benz GLE4002016
- Mercedes-Benz AMG GLS632017
Who is recalling it?
- Made by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt. Owners’ complaints are counted on each vehicle’s page.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).
Released Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 24, 2026.