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Mercedes-Benz bulletin CL-2025040005

What it saysIMPORTANT INFROMATION Your vehicle has an OPEN safety recall regarding the high-voltage battery. NHTSA’s full summary ↓

Mercedes-Benz filed this with NHTSA as a manufacturer communication dated Oct 31, 2025, received Nov 4, 2025, about the electrical system. It names 1 model year (2023). A manufacturer communication is not a safety recall: it is the manufacturer telling its dealers how to diagnose or repair a condition, and whether the work is paid for depends on the warranty in force. Quoting the number at a service desk can save a diagnosis.

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What the bulletin says

Source: NHTSA's summary of the manufacturer's communication

IMPORTANT INFROMATION Your vehicle has an OPEN safety recall regarding the high-voltage battery. The vehicle’s high voltage battery might be insufficiently robust at a high State of Charge (“SOC”) - an internal short circuit of a battery cell in the high-voltage battery might occur, which could lead to the risk of a fire, within the high voltage battery. Until the remedy software update is performed on your vehicle, the maximum SOC for your vehicle’s high-voltage battery must be set to 80%.

Kind Other Manufacturer date Oct 31, 2025 Received by NHTSA Nov 4, 2025 Components Electrical System

Document filed under this number

DocumentKindDatedNHTSA idAt NHTSA
CL-2025040005OtherOct 31, 202511024871not found

The summary is NHTSA’s abstract of the document, as filed under 49 CFR 579.5. One communication is usually filed as several documents — the bulletin, a dealer notice, an owner letter — and the number on any of them finds this page. A PDF link is shown only once NHTSA’s own server has been seen to serve that document; the rest are checked over the following nights. Quote the number at a service desk; it is what the dealer’s system is keyed on.

Model years it names

Source: as the manufacturer filed them

A vehicle page’s bulletin list shows the newest few communications filed against that model year; the count there is every one.

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What owners reported

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Owners of the 1 model year this bulletin names have filed 96 complaints with NHTSA since 2015. 74 of them name Electrical System — the same broad component group this bulletin is filed under. NHTSA groups complaints coarsely, so that means the same area of the vehicle, not necessarily the same fault.

Vehicle: 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQB 350 4MATIC Recall Reference: NHTSA Campaign #26V073 / High-Voltage Battery Fire Hazard My vehicle is subject to an active safety recall concerning internal high-voltage battery failure that poses a direct risk of a vehicle fire while driving or parked.

2023 Mercedes-Benz EQB · Electrical System · filed with NHTSA Oct 22, 2026 · ODI 11773027

In depth: 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQB electrical problems →

A complaint is one owner’s account, not a defect finding, and a bulletin is not a recall. Nothing here says this bulletin was issued because of these complaints, or that the repair it describes fixed them. Complaint files on this site begin in 2015.

More bulletins about the electrical system

Source: same model, same component group

42 other manufacturer communications filed against the Mercedes-Benz EQB under the same component group (electrical system), newest first. The eight newest are listed; the rest are on the Mercedes-Benz list.

NumberKindDatedNHTSA’s summary
LI47.70-P-079912Service bulletinSep 29, 2026Complaint Vehicle will not start after DC charging Warning in the instrument cluster related to High‑voltage on board electrical system The…
LI82.60-P-080383Service bulletinSep 15, 2026Complaint Radio station cover art does not refresh when switching stations. The UI continues to show the old station’s artwork instead of up…
LI54.21-P-080326Service bulletinSep 9, 2026Complaint CEL light on with no drivability concerns. Cause Signal timing error. Remedy 167, 465: SW has been released. Update the FSAM to th…
LI54.65-P-080132Service bulletinAug 12, 2026Complaint 1. General Diagnostic Tips 2. One or More PARK Sensor Activations 3. Red Ring Around Vehicle 4. "Active Parking and Parking Assist…
LI54.10-P-080880Service bulletinAug 12, 2026Complaint Customer Complaint: - AC charging is not possible. - The departure time, charging pause, location-based charging or target SOC lim…
LI54.10-P-080881Service bulletinAug 11, 2026Complaint AC and DC charging are not possible. The white LED on the charging inlet completely goes OFF after plugging in the charging cable.…
LI46.10-P-078012Service bulletinJul 17, 2026Complaint Hand detection system – malfunction / vehicles with code 266 Fault message in instrument cluster: "Active Emergency Stop Assist no…
LI00.20-P-080703Service bulletinJun 12, 2026Complaint Service code B1 displayed in the customer menu does not match the workshop code displayed in the workshop menu, e.g., 505 or 550A…

Quote the number at the service desk. It is what the dealer’s system is keyed on.

Every manufacturer communication NHTSA holds for Mercedes-Benz, by the number printed on the letter.

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Common questions

Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR 579.5

Is Mercedes-Benz CL-2025040005 a recall?

No. A manufacturer communication is a manufacturer communication filed with NHTSA under 49 CFR 579.5; a safety recall carries an NHTSA campaign number (two digits, a letter, six digits) and a federal duty to repair for free. Check the vehicle’s recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls, or on its page here.

Is the CL-2025040005 repair free?

Not automatically. A service bulletin describes how to diagnose or repair a condition; who pays depends on the warranty in force, any extension, and the dealer. Quoting the number can save a diagnosis either way. Every Mercedes-Benz warranty extension on file lists the ones Mercedes-Benz has filed.

Which vehicles does CL-2025040005 cover?

The manufacturer filed it against 1 model year: 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQB. Whether one particular vehicle is affected is a matter of its VIN and its build, not its model year alone.