2021 MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GLB35 — Complaint #1778859
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NHTSA Complaint about WHEELS:HUBCAP/COVER filed November 16, 2021
NHTSA complaint #1778859 (ODI reference 11440675) concerns a 2021 MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GLB35 and was filed on November 16, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 7, 2021. The vehicle had 22,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to New York based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as wheels:hubcap/cover, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GLB35 cohort independently describe similar wheels:hubcap/cover failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2021 MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GLB35 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2021 Mercedes-Benz AMG GLB35. The contact stated he became aware that 3 out of 4 of the wheel-hub caps were missing. The contact called the local dealer and made them aware of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V800000 (Wheels) however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 22,000. Consumer is still waiting for trim replacement.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1778859 |
| ODI Number | 11440675 |
| Date Filed | November 16, 2021 |
| Failure Date | November 7, 2021 |
| VIN | W1N4M5BB1MW |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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