A recall does not mean your car is affected. Check the market, build date and VIN with the manufacturer.
- Engine / equipment
- Centre console latch: Mercedes-Benz GLS (X166)
- Period mentioned
- Model year 2017 in the US (only the VINs in the recall)
- Symptoms
- There are no warning signs: the console works normally. The problem would only show in a crash.
- Possible cause described
- In certain types of crash the centre console may unlatch, and loose objects inside may strike the occupants. It is US recall 17V077 (5,882 vehicles across GLS and GLE models of model year 2017); the remedy is to modify the console so that it stays latched in a crash.
- Check for the garage
- Ask a Mercedes-Benz dealer, with the VIN, whether your GLS has this recall or a European equivalent outstanding: they modify the console free of charge. Meanwhile, do not keep heavy loose objects inside it.
- 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.