2012 Mercedes-Benz Amg C63

The 2012 Mercedes-Benz AMG C63 has 6 recalls, all involving the airbag system, with the most serious being a passenger-side airbag inflator that can rupture and send metal fragments into the cabin, causing serious injury or death.

The inflator rupture risk is the central concern across several of these recalls and applies specifically to vehicles that were originally sold or registered in high-humidity states such as Florida, Hawaii, and Louisiana, as well as other warm-weather regions. Prolonged exposure to heat and moisture can cause the inflator's propellant to degrade, and when the airbag deploys, the inflator can burst apart rather than inflate the bag normally, scattering sharp metal shards toward anyone seated in the front. Prior repair attempts on some vehicles did not fully resolve the issue: certain cars that already had the front passenger airbag replaced under an earlier recall may have received the wrong replacement unit, one that cannot be relied upon to cushion an occupant in a crash. A separate recall addresses a similar wrong-airbag situation on coupe models where an incorrect passenger airbag was installed during a prior repair, again leaving the occupant without reliable protection when it matters most. There is also a distinct concern on the driver's side: the front driver airbag can deploy without warning during normal driving, which raises the risk of a crash and potential injury to the driver. Taken together, every recall on this vehicle points to the airbag system, and both the driver and front passenger positions are affected across the different filings.