Mercedes-Benz 300. Published by Transport Canada as 1990057 on 12 April 1990. System: Electrical.
What the notice says Heat from the auxiliary fan preresistor may cause the melting and possible igniting of its plastic cover. this could result in a possible vehicle fire.
correction: preresistor will be replaced with one with a metal cover.
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.
Mercedes-Benz 300 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Mercedes-Benz 300 is named on 12 American notices, 2 British, 6 European, 16 Dutch and 22 Japanese. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
The European register
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/1822/12: Mercedes-Benz E 220 Cdi, E 250 Cdi, E 350 Cdi, E 200 Cgi, E 250 Cgi, E 300, E 350, E 350 4matic Blueefficiency, E, notified by Germany
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/0345/16: Mercedes-Benz U3000, U4000, U5000, notified by Germany
- EU Safety Gate alert INFO/00063/21: Mercedes-Benz Gle (BR 167): Gle 300 D 4matic, Gle 350 4matic, Gle 450 4matic, Gle 350 D 4matic, Gle 400 D 4matic, notified by Germany
The Dutch register
The Japanese register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1990057
- Recall date
- 12 April 1990
- Make
- Mercedes-Benz
- Models
- 300
- Model years
- 1990
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 70
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
HEAT FROM THE AUXILIARY FAN PRERESISTOR MAY CAUSE THE MELTING AND POSSIBLE IGNITING OF ITS PLASTIC COVER. THIS COULD RESULT IN A POSSIBLE VEHICLE FIRE.
CORRECTION: PRERESISTOR WILL BE REPLACED WITH ONE WITH A METAL COVER.
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 1990057.
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.
- 1991118 · 27 August 1991 · 190 · Brakes
- 1988064 · 11 May 1988 · L1319, L1113, L1117 · Seats And Restraints
- 1992070 · 18 June 1992 · 400 · Electrical
- 1988011 · 27 January 1988 · L1418, Ls1418, L1316 · Steering
- 1987056 · 28 May 1987 · 300, 190 · Seats And Restraints
- 1987050 · 15 May 1987 · 190 · Electrical
- 1993060 · 28 April 1993 · 500 · Brakes
- 1993076 · 31 May 1993 · 300 · Engine
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1991003 · 3 January 1991 · New Yorker, Fifth Avenue, Dynasty · Electrical
- 1989101 · 19 July 1989 · Refrigerator · Electrical
- 1989019 · 17 February 1989 · Travel Trailer, Fifth Wheel, Truck Camper · Electrical
- 1989008 · 17 January 1989 · 900 · Electrical
- 1988133 · 23 September 1988 · Hcoe, Conventional · Electrical
- 1988110 · 18 July 1988 · Continental · Electrical
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 196 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1990.
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