- Vehicles
- 80
- Built between
- Oct 1986 – Oct 1988
- Models
- 3
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- NHTSA compliance test
- Owners notified
- Not yet
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between October 1986 and October 1988. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 1987-1988 Mercedes-Benz 560Built October 1986 to October 1988
- 1987-1988 Mercedes-Benz BroughamBuilt October 1986 to October 1988
- 1987-1988 Mercedes-Benz Town CARBuilt October 1986 to October 1988
What the defect is
Vehicle description: stretch limousines altered by kelly/coachworks, inc. Limousine may not have alterers tire placard with correct tire size and load information, as required by FMVSS 110.
What could happen
Vehicles would not comply with standard and consumerrelying on the wrong information might experience traumatic tire damage withloss of vehicle control.
What gets fixed
INSTALL CORRECT TIRE PLACARD.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtOctober 1986 to October 1988
- Recall reported to NHTSA27 July 1990
No owner-notification date has been published yet. Manufacturers normally write to registered owners within 60 days of reporting a recall.
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 27 July 1990.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- KELLY/COACHWORKS INC.
- Safety standard
- FMVSS 110
- Recall initiated by
- OVSC
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Additional notes
System: tire placard; FMVSS 110.
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.