Service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages (Mercedes Benz)
Vehicle recall 77V-151. NHTSA received MERCEDES-BENZ USA, INC.’s report on Sep 20, 1977.
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The short answer
NHTSA received MERCEDES-BENZ USA, INC.’s report on Sep 20, 1977. 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.
THE PUSH ROD CONNECTING THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE BRAKE BOOSTER COULD BEND UNDER EXTREME PEDAL PRESSURE AND EVENTUALLY BREAK OFF.
COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING CAPABILITY COULD OCCUR.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages.
What should you do?
THE DEALER WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING PUSH ROD ON INVOLVED VEHICLES WITH AN IMPROVED TYPE, WITHOUT CHARGE TO OWNER.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: BUSES.SYSTEM: SERVICE BRAKES; BRAKE PEDAL PUSH ROD.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING CAPABILITY COULD CAUSE LOSS OFVEHICLE CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 799 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- Mercedes Benz 0309Dand 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1977, 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.