The defect
Daimler Coaches North America (Daimler Coaches) is recalling certain 2022-2025 Mercedes Benz Tourrider Business and Premium transits buses. The fixate stop bracket on the driver's seat backrest may not be installed. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 207, "Seating Systems," and 210, "Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages."
The risk
Without a fixate stop bracket, the backrest may fold forward during a crash and increase the risk of injury.
The remedy
Daimler Coaches will inspect the driver's seat and install a fixate stop as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 12, 2025. Owners may contact Daimler Coaches at 1-416-624-3558. Daimler Coaches number for this recall is 91.10T25237A.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Mercedes-Benz Tourrider Business | 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Mercedes-Benz Tourrider Premium | 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
Components: SEATS
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercedes-Benz Tourrider Business | 2022 | 0 | 4 |
| Mercedes-Benz Tourrider Business | 2023 | 0 | 4 |
| Mercedes-Benz Tourrider Business | 2024 | 0 | 4 |
| Mercedes-Benz Tourrider Business | 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| Mercedes-Benz Tourrider Premium | 2022 | 0 | 4 |
| Mercedes-Benz Tourrider Premium | 2023 | 0 | 4 |
| Mercedes-Benz Tourrider Premium | 2024 | 0 | 4 |
| Mercedes-Benz Tourrider Premium | 2025 | 0 | 1 |
Other seats recalls in 2025
21 of the 891 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2025 concerned the seats; Daimler Coaches North America filed 11 campaigns in all.
| 25V818000 25 Nov 2025 | Volvo Car USA, LLC |
| 25V813000 24 Nov 2025 | Foretravel, Inc. |
| 25V812000 24 Nov 2025 | Newell Coach Corp. |
| 25V721000 23 Oct 2025 | Ford Motor Company |
| 25V668000 7 Oct 2025 | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing |
| 25V472000 17 Jul 2025 | Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) |
| 25V410000 18 Jun 2025 | Tesla, Inc. |
| 25V393000 13 Jun 2025 | Ford Motor Company |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2025