Engine and engine cooling: exhaust system (Mercedes Benz)
Vehicle recall 67V-054. NHTSA received MERCEDES-BENZ USA, INC.’s report on Jun 19, 1967.
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The short answer
NHTSA received MERCEDES-BENZ USA, INC.’s report on Jun 19, 1967. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 28, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The notice gives no hazard in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Engine and engine cooling: exhaust system.
What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: POSSIBLE BREATHER LINE FREEZING.IF THIS CONDITION SHOULD OCCUR, THE THROTTLE IN THE AIR INTAKE HOUSING WILL FREEZE AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WILL NOT RETURN TO IDLE POSITION.(MODIFY CRANK CASE VENTILA- TION SYSTEM TO PREVENT THIS OCCURRENCE.)
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 253 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- Mercedes Benz 300 SEL
- Mercedes Benz 300
Who is recalling it?
- Made by MERCEDES-BENZ USA, INC..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- This recall names only model years before 2015, which have no pages here. Your VIN, at NHTSA, says which recalls are open on a vehicle.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 28, 2026.