The defect
Mack Trucks, Inc. (Mack) is recalling certain 2020-2025 Mack MD, 2019-2025 Anthem, Granite, 2024 MD Electric, and 2025 Pinnacle trucks equipped with a passenger bench seat. The seat belt anchorage bracket may be improperly welded. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 210, "Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages."
The risk
An improperly welded seat belt anchorage bracket can detach during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Dealers will install a reinforcement plate, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed January 21, 2026. Owners may contact Mack's customer service at 1-800-866-1177. Mack's number for this recall is SC0485. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning October 13, 2025.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Mack Anthem (an) | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Mack Granite (gr) | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Mack MD | 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Mack MD (electric) | 2024 |
| Mack Pinnacle (pi/pn) | 2025 |
Components: SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mack Anthem (an) | 2019 | 1 | 6 |
| Mack Anthem (an) | 2020 | 4 | 6 |
| Mack Anthem (an) | 2021 | 2 | 5 |
| Mack Anthem (an) | 2022 | 0 | 5 |
| Mack Anthem (an) | 2023 | 0 | 3 |
| Mack Anthem (an) | 2024 | 5 | 6 |
| Mack Anthem (an) | 2025 | 0 | 8 |
| Mack Granite (gr) | 2019 | 2 | 7 |
| Mack Granite (gr) | 2020 | 2 | 7 |
| Mack Granite (gr) | 2021 | 0 | 9 |
| Mack Granite (gr) | 2022 | 2 | 9 |
| Mack Granite (gr) | 2023 | 2 | 8 |
| Mack Granite (gr) | 2024 | 0 | 10 |
| Mack Granite (gr) | 2025 | 1 | 8 |
| Mack MD | 2020 | 0 | 2 |
| Mack MD | 2021 | 0 | 2 |
| Mack MD | 2022 | 0 | 3 |
| Mack MD | 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| Mack MD | 2024 | 1 | 5 |
| Mack MD | 2025 | 1 | 2 |
| Mack MD (electric) | 2024 | 0 | 4 |
| Mack Pinnacle (pi/pn) | 2025 | 0 | 2 |
Other seat belts recalls in 2025
33 of the 891 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2025 concerned the seat belts; Mack Trucks, Inc. filed 118 campaigns in all.
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| 25V872000 17 Dec 2025 | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing |
| 25V862000 12 Dec 2025 | Ford Motor Company |
| 25V864000 12 Dec 2025 | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC |
| 25V816000 25 Nov 2025 | Rivian Automotive, LLC |
| 25V797000 17 Nov 2025 | Hyundai Motor America |
| 25V777000 12 Nov 2025 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| 25V773000 10 Nov 2025 | Nova Bus (US) Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2025