# NHTSA recall 18V208000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 18V208000
- Manufacturer's number: 2018050003
- Manufacturer: Mercedes\-Benz USA, LLC.
- Reported: 2018\-03\-29
- Owners notified: 2018\-05\-23
- Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- Units potentially affected: 57

## What is wrong

Mercedes\-Benz USA LLC \(MBUSA\) is recalling certain 2018 AMG GT, AMG GT C, GLC43 AMG 4Matic, GLC300, GLC300 4Matic and GLC350e 4Matic vehicles.  The housing for the driver side air bag inflator may have been made with defective steel.  In the event of an air bag deployment, the defective steel may cause the inflator to improperly inflate the driver\-side air bag and potentially rupture.


## What can happen

In the event of a crash involving driver air bag deployment, an improperly inflated air bag and/or an inflator rupture with sharp metal fragments might result in serious injury or death to the driver or to occupants.


## The remedy

MBUSA will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front driver air bag module, free of charge.  The recall is expected to begin May 29, 2018.  Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1\-800\-367\-6372.


## Notes

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.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2019 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2019\-10\-07
- Vehicles in the campaign: 57
- Reported remedied: 53 \(92%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2019 quarter 3, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- 2018 MERCEDES\-BENZ AMG GLC43. Built 2018\-01\-23 to 2018\-02\-07.
- [2018 MERCEDES\-BENZ AMG GT](/makes/mercedes-benz/amg-gt/2018/recalls.md). Built 2018\-01\-23 to 2018\-02\-07.
- [2018 MERCEDES\-BENZ AMG GT C](/makes/mercedes-benz/amg-gt/2018/recalls.md). Built 2018\-01\-23 to 2018\-02\-07. Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- 2018 MERCEDES\-BENZ GLC 300. Built 2018\-01\-23 to 2018\-02\-07.
- 2018 MERCEDES\-BENZ GLC 350 E. Built 2018\-01\-23 to 2018\-02\-07.

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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