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Passenger cars (Mercedes-Benz C180 and others) - Repair
Official notice
31 Jan 2018
Last checked
27 Oct 2026
An official CAA Japan notice concerns Passenger cars (Mercedes-Benz C180 and others) - Repair. Seat belt (seat belt pretensioner) defect. ■Defective component (part name): Seat belts (seat belt pretensioners). ■Details and causes of the structure, equipment or performance deemed noncompliant with the standards: Due to inadequate manufacturing management, the ignition compound in some seat belt pretensioners is not mixed as designed. Consequently, the seat belts may fail to take up slack during a collision, potentially causing excessive injuries to occupants. As the location of the defective seat belts varies by vehicle, the following corrective measures will be taken according to the vehicle. Published 2018-01-31.
What to do now
(Recall) 外-2587 ■Corrective measures: ①Replace the seat belts with integrated pretensioners on both the driver's and front passenger's sides, or on either side, with properly functioning parts. ②Replace the rear seat belts with integrated pretensioners on both sides, or on either side, with properly functioning parts.
Recall number
外-2587
Official notice
2018-01-31
The hazard
The hazard
Seat belt (seat belt pretensioner) defect. ■Defective component (part name): Seat belts (seat belt pretensioners). ■Details and causes of the structure, equipment or performance deemed noncompliant with the standards: Due to inadequate manufacturing management, the ignition compound in some seat belt pretensioners is not mixed as designed. Consequently, the seat belts may fail to take up slack during a collision, potentially causing excessive injuries to occupants. As the location of the defective seat belts varies by vehicle, the following corrective measures will be taken according to the vehicle.
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Brand: Mercedes-Benz. Contact: ダイムラーAG. Phone 0120-086-880.
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