Mercedes-Benz is recalling about 33,000 of its luxury cars worldwide to check for possible malfunctions in seat belt buckles.
The company will notify owners of all C, CLK and E Class models built between August and October 2003.
They will be eligible for a precautionary check of the belt buckles after possible faults were discovered during routine checks, the company said in a statement.
"During routine quality checks several isolated cases were identified in which the seat belt did not click into place properly," the company said.
The checks will be free of charge for car owners and shouldn't take any longer than two hours.
Most of the affected vehicles were sold in Germany, Japan and the United States.
