{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 2017490 (Mercedes-Benz), 2012 to 2018: Airbag",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2017490/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 2017490, MERCEDES-BENZ E CLASS, C CLASS, B CLASS, GLK CLASS, CLA CLASS, GLA CLA, 2017-10-10. On certain vehicles, electrostatic.",
  "excerpt": "Mercedes-Benz E Class, C Class, B Class, Glk Class, Cla Class, Gla Class. Published by Transport Canada as 2017490 on 10 October 2017. System: Airbag. What the notice says On certain vehicles, electrostatic discharge, when combined with a broken clock spring and insufficient grounding of the steering components, could lead to an inadvertent deployment of the driver's frontal airbag. Unintended airbag deployment, in a non-warranted (non-impact) situation, could startle the driver, which … Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada , 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. This site holds seven national and European registers. Mercedes-Benz E CLASS is named on 4 British notices and 5 European. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules. DVSA recall R/2000/147: Mercedes-Benz E Class (Heater booster concern) DVSA recall R/2000/088: Mercedes-Benz E Class (Potential loss of pas oil) DVSA recall R/2000/142: Mercedes-Benz C Class, SL, E Class and 1 more (Unintentional deployment of air bag) EU Safety Gate alert A12/0014/16: Mercedes-Benz E Class, notified by Germany EU Safety Gate alert A12/0334/17: Mercedes-Benz E Class, notified by Germany EU Safety Gate alert A12/0852/18: Mercedes-Benz A, B, C, E Class, AMG GT, Gla, GLC, notified by Germany Nothing here says any",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T15:21:07+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T15:21:07+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 2017490 (Mercedes-Benz), 2012 to 2018: Airbag\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2017490/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}