2018 MERCEDES BENZ AMG GLC43

10 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations (1 open), 7 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns10
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations21 open
Owner complaints7
Complaints citing a crash1
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 10

23V8540002023-12-15

STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS

A detached roof panel can become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.

21V1970002021-03-19

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.

21V0580002021-02-05

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.

18V8380002018-11-27

AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION

If the passenger air bag is incorrectly displayed as 'ON' when it is not, a front seat passenger may be unaware that the air bag will not deploy in the event of a crash, increasing their risk of injury.

18V6830002018-10-01

SEAT BELTS: REAR/OTHER:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY

If the rear seat passengers cannot fasten their seat belts, they have an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash.

18V6100002018-09-11

EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL

Turn signals that are the wrong color may not be as easily recognized by other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.

What owners report most

  • 2POWER TRAIN
  • 2STRUCTURE:BODY
  • 2UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 1AIR BAGS

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Two 2018 MERCEDES BENZ AMG GLC43s 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.

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