Mercedes-Benz Metris, model year 2021. Filed by Daimler Vans USA, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 23 February 2021. 4 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Daimler Vans USA, LLC (DVUSA) is recalling certain 2021 Mercedes-Benz Metris vehicles equipped with an adjustable front passenger seat. The front passenger seat frame base may not have been welded properly.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Mercedes-Benz's own number for this recall: VS2SITZNAT. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 21V106 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 21V106 cover?
- Mercedes-Benz Metris, model year 2021.
- What is wrong with them?
- Daimler Vans USA, LLC (DVUSA) is recalling certain 2021 Mercedes-Benz Metris vehicles equipped with an adjustable front passenger seat. The front passenger seat frame base may not have been welded properly.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- An improperly welded seat frame base may have reduced stability, which can increase the risk of injury to the occupant in a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Not yet, on the wording NHTSA publishes today. DVUSA will notify owners, and dealers will replace the seat frame base, free of charge. DVUSA issued owners an interim notification on May 6, 2021. The recall began May 13, 2021. Owners may contact DVUSA customer service at 1-877-762-8267. DVUSA's number for this recall is VS2SITZNAT.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Mercedes-Benz calls this recall VS2SITZNAT, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “An improperly welded seat frame base may have reduced stability, which can increase the risk of injury to the occupant in a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 21V106 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Daimler Vans USA, LLC |
| System at fault | Seats |
| Reported to NHTSA | 23 February 2021 |
| Model years | 2021-2021 |
| Vehicles named | MERCEDES-BENZ METRIS |
What the notice says today
The consequence
An improperly welded seat frame base may have reduced stability, which can increase the risk of injury to the occupant in a crash.
The remedy
DVUSA will notify owners, and dealers will replace the seat frame base, free of charge. DVUSA issued owners an interim notification on May 6, 2021. The recall began May 13, 2021. Owners may contact DVUSA customer service at 1-877-762-8267. DVUSA's number for this recall is VS2SITZNAT.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 459 notices in the record whose component field names seats. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 44 days.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
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The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 21V106 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
60fd6021 - Consequence
ba76e9d9 - Remedy
6e2b0a98
We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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