Service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: vacuum: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings (Mercedes Benz)
Vehicle recall 71V-214. NHTSA received MERCEDES-BENZ USA, INC.’s report on Nov 22, 1971.
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The short answer
NHTSA received MERCEDES-BENZ USA, INC.’s report on Nov 22, 1971. 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: Service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: vacuum: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings.
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: MERCEDES BENZ CAMPAIGN NO N/A.TRUCKS.MNF’D BTWN JAN.1966AND OCT.1971.POSSIBILITY THAT AIR LINE FROM BRAKE TO PRES SURE GAUGE IN INSTRUMENT CLUSTERMAYBE LOCATED TOO CLOSE TO UP PER SURFACE OF LEFT LONGITUDINAL FRAME MEMBER ANDMAY RUB AGAI NST AUXILIARY FRAME SUPPORT AFTER BODY INSTALLATION.IF CONDITION EXISTS AIR LEAKS MAY EVENTUALLY DEVELOP, CAUSING LOSS OFPOWER ASSIST OFHYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM.(CORRECT BY INSPECTIN G AND REROUTING AIR LINE WHERENECESSARY.)
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 379 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- Mercedes Benz 1313and 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971, before the model years listed here
- Mercedes Benz 1113and 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971, before the model years listed here
- Mercedes Benz 1013and 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971, before the model years listed here
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.