NHTSA recall 99V327000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	99V327000
Manufacturer	MERCEDES-BENZ USA, INC.
Reported	1999-11-22
Owners notified	2000-01-18
Component	AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Units potentially affected	4402

What is wrong

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. CORROSION OF THE ELECTRICAL IGNITION FILAMENT OF THE AIR BAG GAS GENERATOR MODULE CAN OCCUR IF THE VEHICLE IS OPERATED IN AREAS OF FREQUENTLY HIGH HUMIDITY.

What can happen

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

The remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG MODULE.

Notes

OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JANUARY 18,2000. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT MERCEDES-BENZ AT 1-800-367-6372.ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Vehicles this campaign lists
1997 MERCEDES BENZ SL CLASS	Built 1996-06-01 to 1997-07-31.
1997 MERCEDES BENZ SL320	Built 1996-06-01 to 1997-07-31.
1997 MERCEDES BENZ SL500	Built 1996-06-01 to 1997-07-31.
1997 MERCEDES BENZ SL600	Built 1996-06-01 to 1997-07-31.

A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.

Investigated as RQ00013

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

NHTSA investigations that led to this recall
RQ00013	Recall query, opened 2000-06-02, closed 2001-07-20. INADVERTENT SIDE IMPACT AIRBAG DEPLOYMEN. AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.