Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC: Back Over Prevention:Warnings:External/Pedestrian Alert (2024 MERCEDES-BENZ AMG EQE SUV 4MATIC, 2025 MERCEDES-BENZ AMG EQE SUV 4MATIC)
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- Company / brand
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
- Product
- 2024 MERCEDES-BENZ AMG EQE SUV 4MATIC; 2025 MERCEDES-BENZ AMG EQE SUV 4MATIC
- Reason / hazard
- Insufficient pedestrian warning sounds may fail to alert pedestrians of an approaching vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What to do (remedy)
- Dealers will update the Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System (AVAS) software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 12, 2026. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on December 5, 2025. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2025120003.
- Distribution / sold at
- Potentially affected: 1899
- Defect
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2024-2025 AMG EQE SUV 4MATIC vehicles. The external pedestrian warning sound may not continuously increase in volume as vehicle speed increases, due to a software error. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 141, "Minimum Sound Requirements for Hybrid Electric Vehicles."
- Component
- BACK OVER PREVENTION:WARNINGS:EXTERNAL/PEDESTRIAN ALERT
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