Transportation Department Docket NHTSA-2020-0091 Notice

2023-23527: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, Denial of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance

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Summary

Mercedes-Benz AG ("MBAG") and Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, ("MBUSA") (collectively, "Mercedes-Benz") have determined that certain model year (MY) 2019-2021 Mercedes-Benz motor vehicles do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 135, Light Vehicle Brake Systems. Mercedes-Benz filed a noncompliance report dated August 14, 2020. Mercedes-Benz subsequently petitioned NHTSA on September 4, 2020, for a decision that the subject noncompliance is inconsequential as it relates to motor vehicle safety. This notice announces denial of Mercedes-Benz's petition.

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