Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel (Mercedes-Benz and Mercedes-Maybach)
Vehicle recall 26V-281. NHTSA received Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC’s report on May 1, 2026.
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NHTSA received Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC’s report on May 1, 2026. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 28, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
An instrument panel display that fails to show critical safety information, such as the speedometer and warning lights, increases the risk of a crash.
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2024-2026 AMG GT, C-Class, E-Class, SL, CLE, and GLC vehicles.
The infotainment control unit may reset while the vehicle is in motion and cause the instrument panel display to go blank.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel.
What should you do?
Dealers will update the infotainment control unit software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 29, 2026. MBUSA’s number for this recall is 2026050004. 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 May 8, 2026.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 144,049 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 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC63 S E 4MATIC+ Coupe20262025
- Mercedes-Benz AMG CLE53 4MATIC+20252024
- Mercedes-Benz AMG CLE53 4MATIC Cabriolet2026
- Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC43 4MATIC Coupe2025
- Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC63 S E 4MATIC+20262025
- Mercedes-Benz AMG CLE53 4MATIC+ Cabriolet2025
- Mercedes-Benz AMG E 53 E 4MATIC+2025
- Mercedes-Benz GLC 350 E 4MATIC20262025
- Mercedes-Benz CLE 450 4MATIC Cabriolet202620252024
- Mercedes-Benz E 450 4MATIC All-Terrain202620252024
- Mercedes-Benz E 350 4MATIC202620252024
- Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 4MATIC Coupe20262025
- Mercedes-Benz AMG C63 S E 4MATIC+2025
- Mercedes-Benz AMG E 53 4MATIC+ Wagon2026
- Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC43 Coupe2026
- Mercedes-Benz AMG E 53 4MATIC+2026
- Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC4320262025
- Mercedes-Benz CLE 300 4MATIC Coupe2026
- Mercedes-Benz AMG C43 4MATIC20262025
- Mercedes-Benz AMG SL63 4MATIC+2026
- Mercedes-Benz AMG CLE53 4MATIC Coupe2026
- Mercedes-Benz CLE 450 4MATIC20252024
- Mercedes-Benz CLE 300 4MATIC20252024
- Mercedes-Benz AMG C63 S E Performance 4MATIC+2026
- Mercedes-Benz CLE 300 4MATIC Cabriolet202620252024
- Mercedes-Benz AMG SL63 S E Performance 4MATIC+2026
- Mercedes-Benz C 30020262025
- Mercedes-Benz AMG SL55 4MATIC+2026
- Mercedes-Benz CLE 450 4MATIC Coupe2026
- Mercedes-Benz C 300 4MATIC20262025
- Mercedes-Benz E 450 4MATIC202620252024
- Mercedes-Benz E 35020262025
- Mercedes-Benz GLC 30020262025
- Mercedes-Benz AMG SL432026
- Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 4MATIC20262025
- Mercedes-Benz AMG GT432026
- Mercedes-Maybach SL 680 4MATIC+2026
Who is recalling it?
- Made by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 28, 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 28, 2026 and checked Oct 28, 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 28, 2026.