| NHTSA Record Id: 13143 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: MERCEDES BENZ |
| Recalled Component Id: 000008856000081092000000257 |
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| Model Name: E CLASS |
Model Year: 1999 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V256000 |
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| Component Name: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: MERCEDES-BENZ USA, INC. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Jul, 01 1998 |
End date of Manufacturing: Aug, 31 1998 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 4163 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Nov, 20 1998 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC |
Report Received Date: Oct, 14 1998 |
| Record Creation date : Oct, 15 1998 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. a wrong clamp may have been installed on the window air bag units. |
Consequence Summary: The window air bag may not fully deploy in a side-impact collision, increasing the risk of injury to the vehicle occupant. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will inspect the window air bag units and, if the wrong or incorrectly installed clamp is found, the entire unit will be replaced. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification is expected to begin november 20, 1998.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact mercedes-benz at 1-800-for-mercedes (1-800-367-6372). also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). |
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