23V854000
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
A detached roof panel can become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
2018 MERCEDES BENZ AMG CLA45
7 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations (1 open), 11 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns7
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations21 open
Owner complaints11
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 7
21V229000
STEERING
A separated universal joint bearing can cause a loss of steering control and increase the risk of a crash.
21V197000
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
The adhesive bonding of the front panel might deteriorate, possibly causing the front panel to detach from the vehicle and become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
21V058000
COMMUNICATION: AUTO CRASH NOTIFICATION
Failure of the eCall system may result in emergency responders being dispatched to the wrong location, increasing the risk of injury following a crash.
19V892000
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
In the event of a crash, if the air bag does not deploy as designed, the front seat passenger has an increased risk of an injury.
18V514000
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
If a child seat is in the front seat and the passenger air bag is not deactivated, in the event of a crash, it can increase the risk of injury.
What owners report most
- 3ENGINE
- 2ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 2POWER TRAIN
- 2UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 1COMMUNICATION
- 1ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2018 MERCEDES BENZ AMG CLA45s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.