A recall does not mean your car is affected. Check the market, build date and VIN with the manufacturer.
- Engine / equipment
- Front passenger seat occupant classification system (OCS): Mercedes-Benz GL / GLS (X166)
- Period mentioned
- Built from 23/4/2014 to 10/5/2016 (only the VINs in the recall)
- Symptoms
- The official record describes no warning signs. The risk is that, in a crash, the front passenger airbag does not deploy.
- Possible cause described
- The calibration of the system that recognises who is in the passenger seat may be incorrect and classify the occupant as a child seat, which switches off the passenger airbag. It is US recall 16V903 (47,799 vehicles across GL, GLS and GLE models built from 23/4/2014 to 10/5/2016); the remedy is a software update of the system.
- Check for the garage
- Ask a Mercedes-Benz dealer, with the VIN, whether your GL or GLS has this recall or a European equivalent outstanding: they update the seat sensor software free of charge.
- Cost cited in the source
- No verified estimate; check whether the free recall remedy remains outstanding for the VIN.A rough figure from the original database, not an up-to-date quote.