17V241000
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
If water enters the power steering control unit, the power steering assist may be deactivated, increasing the risk of a crash.
2017 MERCEDES BENZ GL450
2 safety recall campaigns, 1 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints1
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire1
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 2 of 2
17V177000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE
If the air bags do not deploy as intended in the event of a crash, there would be an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash.
What owners report most
- 1ENGINE
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2017 MERCEDES BENZ GL450s 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.