NHTSA recall campaign

99V327000

Air Bags › Frontal

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4Affected configurations shown4,402Potential units affected—Latest completion context
ComponentAir Bags › Frontal
Report receivedOct 11, 2000
Investigations linked0
Indexed communications sampled0
What can happen

Safety consequence

CORROSION OF THE IGNITION FILAMENT CAN RESULT IN THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG BEING DEPLOYED UNINTENTIONALLY.

What fixes it

Official remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG MODULE.

Recall lifecycle

Repair completion history

Campaign-level completion reporting. This does not determine whether a particular VIN has been repaired.

Latest reported completion: available in the live DOT record.

Affected vehicles

Vehicle configurations connected to 99V327000

1997 MERCEDES BENZ SL CLASSOpen vehicle record →1997 MERCEDES BENZ SL320Open vehicle record →1997 MERCEDES BENZ SL500Open vehicle record →1997 MERCEDES BENZ SL600Open vehicle record →

Owner action

Campaign pages describe the public recall record. To determine whether your specific vehicle has an unrepaired recall, use your VIN and verify the current status through NHTSA.

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