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4JGMercedes-Benz multipurpose passenger vehicles

Held by Mercedes-Benz of North America, Inc. · registered in the United States

WMI 4JG's rules place assembly in 10 countries. Its rules start at model year 1995 and have no end year. Electrified versions appear in its rules: battery electric, hybrid, mild hybrid and plug-in hybrid. Of its 14 models, 8 also appear under other Mercedes-Benz WMIs.

Models in the decoding rules, by model year

  1. M-Class1995–2019
  2. G-Class2006–2022
  3. GL-Class2006–2016
  4. R-Class2006–2013
  5. ML-Class2012–2015
  6. GLE-Class2016–2027
  7. GLS-Class2016–2027
  8. C-Class2017–2019
  9. EQB-Class2022
  10. GLA-Class2022
  11. GLB-Class2022
  12. GLC-Class2022
  13. EQE-Class SUV2023–2027
  14. EQS-Class SUV2023–2027

Where the rules place assembly

Plant countriesUnited States, Germany, Austria, Finland, Brazil, United Kingdom, South Africa, India, Mexico, Hungary

Plant locations namedVance; Sindelfingen; Graz; Uusuikaupunki; Bremen; Kecskemet; Pune; Juiz De Fora; Rastatt; Woking; Aguascalientes; East London

Bodies and power

Body classesSUV, Wagon

Primary fuelsGasoline, Diesel, Electric

Compared with the closest code, W1N

W1N is held by Mercedes-Benz AG. Measured by the overlap of the two model lists, it is the code closest to 4JG.

Models in both8

Only under 4JGM-Class, GL-Class, R-Class, ML-Class, EQE-Class SUV, EQS-Class SUV

Only under W1NGLK-Class

Model years4JG: 1995–open · W1N: 2017–open

Plant countries only for 4JGUnited States

Mercedes-Benz under other holders

Models named in each code's rules

  1. WDB Mercedes-Benz CarsGermany24
  2. W1K Mercedes-Benz CarsGermany15
  3. WDD Mercedes-Benz CarsGermany15
  4. 1MB Mercedes-Benz Truck Company IncUnited States12
  5. 9DB Mercedes-Benz Truck Company IncBrazil12
  6. W1N Mercedes-Benz AGGermany9
  7. WDC Mercedes-Benz CarsGermany6
  8. W1W Mercedes-Benz AGGermany3

Other codes starting with 4J

  • 4J1Bourg Chemical Distributing, trailer
  • 4J6The H&H Trailer, trailer
  • 4J8Lbt, trailer
  • 4JDTwo-Pak Trailer, trailer
  • 4JEJohnston Acquisition, trailer
  • 4JFMyco Trailers, trailer
  • 4JLLoadmaster, trailer
  • 4JMRettig Enterprises, trailer
  • 4JUC&B Quality Trailer Works, trailer
  • 4JVVoyager Trailers, trailer
  • 4JWWestinghouse Electric, motorcycle
  • 4JYWire Wagon North America, trailer

Source: NHTSA vPIC, October 2026 release (database updated October 17, 2026). How the figures are counted: How the catalog is read.