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The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Mercedes-Benz GL-Class page on 14 February 2019, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
The Mercedes-Benz GL-Class is a full-size luxury SUV produced by Mercedes-Benz since 2006. It is a three-row, seven-passenger vehicle positioned above the GLE-Class, and is the flagship of the Mercedes-Benz SUV line.
The GLS shares the same unibody architecture with the GLE-Class. Most GLS-Class vehicles are assembled at the Mercedes plant in Alabama, except for a small number of early 2007 production vehicles which were manufactured in Germany. The first generation model (X164) was manufactured between 2006 and 2012 and was replaced in 2012 by the new generation GL-Class (X166).
From 2016 with the release of the facelifted second generation model, the GL-Class was renamed to GLS-Class as per the revised nomenclature adopted by Mercedes. Under this scheme, SUVs use the base name "GL", followed by the model's placement in Mercedes-Benz hierarchy. The "G" is for geländewagen (German for off-road vehicle) and alludes the long-running G-Class. This is followed by the letter "L" that acts as a linkage with the letter "S", the SUV equivalent to the S-Class.
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2013 Geneva International Motor Show Photo ©2013 Norbert Aepli, Switzerland This photograph is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. View photo of Mercedes-Benz GL-Class at the 2013 Geneva International Motor Show - 3.1MB |
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2013 Geneva International Motor Show Photo ©2013 Norbert Aepli, Switzerland This photograph is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. View photo of Mercedes-Benz GL-Class at the 2013 Geneva International Motor Show - 3.3MB |
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| 6 August 2012 | 2013 Mercedes-Benz GL Class  | Matt Hubbard, Speedmonkey |
| 14 November 2016 | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance | Federal Register: NHTSA (Jeffrey M. Giuseppe) |
| 18 January 2017 | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, Grant of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance | Federal Register: NHTSA (Jeffrey M. Giuseppe) |
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| 30 September 2011 | NHTSA Recall 11V496000 2011 Mercedes-Benz E-Class, 2011 Mercedes-Benz GL-Class, 2011 Mercedes-Benz ML-Class, 2011 Mercedes-Benz R-Class, 2012 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Fuel System, Diesel National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | Recall Page - 1 page |
| 30 September 2011 | Part 573 Defect Information Report From: Frank J. Diertl & R. Thomas Brunner, Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC To: Claude Harris, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA Recall 11V496000 |  PDF - 522KB - 3 pages |
| 5 October 2011 | Recall Update - Replace Diesel Fuel Filter, Models 164, 164.8, 212, 251 Model Year 2011 and Model 221 Model Year 2012 From: Thomas Brunner, Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC To: Mercedes-Benz Dealer Principals NHTSA Recall 11V496000 | PDF - 42KB - 1 page |
| 14 October 2011 | Diesel Fuel Filter From: Ric Willard, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration To: Frank J. Diertl, Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC NHTSA Recall 11V496000 | PDF - 46KB - 3 pages |
| 18 October 2011 | Recall Update - Replace Diesel Fuel Filter, Models 164, 164.8, 212, 251 Model Year 2011 and Model 221 Model Year 2012 From: Thomas Brunner, Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC To: Mercedes-Benz Dealer Principals NHTSA Recall 11V496000 | PDF - 129KB - 1 page |
| 15 November 2011 | Part 573 Defect Information Report Update From: Frank J. Diertl & R. Thomas Brunner, Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC To: Claude Harris, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA Recall 11V496000 | PDF - 37KB - 2 pages |
| 23 November 2011 | 49 CFR Part 573; Recall of Mercedes-Benz Diesel Fuel Filter To: Jennifer Timian, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration From: R-Thomas Brunner & Stephen Kraitz, Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC NHTSA Recall 11V496000 | PDF - 2.2MB - 14 pages |
| 5 January 2012 | Motor Vehicle Safety Defect Report Quarterly Report Defect Notification Campaigns NHTSA Recall 11V496000 | PDF - 43KB - 2 pages |
| 10 April 2012 | Motor Vehicle Safety Defect Report Quarterly Report Defect Notification Campaigns NHTSA Recall 11V496000 | PDF - 42KB - 2 pages |
| 3 July 2012 | Motor Vehicle Safety Defect Report Quarterly Report Defect Notification Campaigns NHTSA Recall 11V496000 | PDF - 71KB - 2 pages |
| 3 October 2012 | Motor Vehicle Safety Defect Report Quarterly Report Defect Notification Campaigns NHTSA Recall 11V496000 | PDF - 38KB - 2 pages |
| 7 January 2013 | Motor Vehicle Safety Defect Report Quarterly Report Defect Notification Campaigns NHTSA Recall 11V496000 | PDF - 43KB - 2 pages |
| 2 April 2013 | Motor Vehicle Safety Defect Report Quarterly Report Defect Notification Campaigns NHTSA Recall 11V496000 | PDF - 46KB - 2 pages |
