Mercedes-Benz 230, 280, 300, 250, 220, 240. Published by Transport Canada as 1982036 on 19 April 1982. System: Steering.
What the notice says Corrosion of the tubular idler arm support could cause the idler arm to separate from the frame resulting in loss of steering congrol without prior warning.
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1982036
- Recall date
- 19 April 1982
- Make
- Mercedes-Benz
- Models
- 230, 280, 300, 250, 220, 240
- Model years
- 1968 to 1976
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 11,000
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
CORROSION OF THE TUBULAR IDLER ARM SUPPORT COULD CAUSE THE IDLER ARM TO SEPARATE FROM THE FRAME RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING CONGROL WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
Transport Canada recorded this notice in capitals, as its system did for many years. It is reproduced here exactly as published.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1982036.
Mercedes-Benz elsewhere in this register
Mercedes-Benz is named on 477 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1983057 · 24 November 1983 · 1316, L1013, L1116 · Not Entered
- 1983119 · 20 December 1983 · 450 · Not Entered
- 1980141 · 24 October 1980 · 450 · Powertrain
- 1984057 · 10 April 1984 · L1316 · Not Entered
- 1984144 · 9 November 1984 · L1116 · Not Entered
- 1985024 · 27 February 1985 · L1316, L1117, L1113 · Not Entered
- 1985036 · 9 April 1985 · 190 · Wheels
- 1979011 · 17 January 1979 · 300 · Engine
The same system: Steering
582 notices in this register name Steering. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1982027 · 5 March 1982 · S, Conventional, DC · Steering
- 1981116 · 8 December 1981 · Conventional · Steering
- 1984033 · 12 March 1984 · C.o.e., Conventional · Steering
- 1984038 · 15 March 1984 · DL, GL · Steering
- 1984040 · 20 May 1984 · C Series · Steering
- 1984101 · 10 September 1984 · L Series · Steering
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Mercedes-Benz: 477 in the register, and 102 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1982.
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