Recall · 23V152000
Bentley Motors recalled the BENTLEY Continental GTC over air bags
1,610
Vehicles covered
1
Model
2
Model years
March 8, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
AIR BAGS:CRITICAL FASTENERS
- The defect
- Bentley Motors, Inc. (Bentley) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Continental GTC vehicles. Due to a sharp edge on the air bag deflector bracket, the seat air bags may tear during deployment. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard numbers 214, "Side Impact Protection," and 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
- What it can cause
- A torn air bag may not adequately protect an occupant in a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect the affected front seats and, if necessary, remove the sharp edge on the airbag deflector bracket rivet, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 17, 2023. Owners may contact Bentley customer service at 1-800-77-6923. Bentley's number for this recall is RE23/03(RC68).
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| BentleyContinental GTC | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 1,610 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 63% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2020 to 2021, so the oldest vehicles on it were 3 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Bentley vehicles have been recalled over the air bags 3 times before this, most recently in February 2020 as 20V092000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 23V034000 (electrical system).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Bentley Motors, Inc. with NHTSA on March 8, 2023 as campaign 23V152000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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