2000 Mercedes-Benz M Class recall: seat belt
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. The seat belt anchor in the rear folding middle seating position may have been manufactured with out-of-tolerance hardware.
💥 The risk
If this is the case, the seat belt anchor may not comply with federal motor vehicle safety standards.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will install an additional rear middle seat belt anchor plate.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V352000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 20000100007
- Manufacturer
- MERCEDES-BENZ USA, LLC.
- Vehicles affected
- 16,246
- Component
- SEAT BELTS
- Owner phone
- 1-800-367-6372
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Oct 17, 2000
- Built
- Sep 7, 1999 – Jan 5, 2000
- Recall started by
- OVSC
- Notes
- Owner notification began october 17, 2000.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 1-800-367-6372.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).