Mercedes-Benz C Class. Published by Transport Canada as 2003199 on 27 August 2003. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the nut on the bolt which connects the steering gear to the steering coupling may not be tightened correctly. Loosening of the nut could result in a slipping of the connection over time, increasing the risk of a crash. Correction: Dealer will inspect the vehicles and tighten the nut if …
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Mercedes-Benz C CLASS in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Mercedes-Benz C CLASS is named on 3 British notices and 4 European. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The British register
The European 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
- 2003199
- Recall date
- 27 August 2003
- Make
- Mercedes-Benz
- Models
- C Class
- Model years
- 2003
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Recalls Audit
- Vehicles affected
- 4
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the nut on the bolt which connects the steering gear to the steering coupling may not be tightened correctly. Loosening of the nut could result in a slipping of the connection over time, increasing the risk of a crash. Correction: Dealer will inspect the vehicles and tighten the nut if necessary.
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 2003199.
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.
- 2003338 · 17 December 2003 · E Class, CLK Class, C Class · Seats And Restraints
- 2003100 · 10 April 2003 · ML Class · Steering
- 2003029 · 10 February 2003 · S Class · Electrical
- 2004153 · 6 May 2004 · CL Class, S Class · Brakes
- 2004154 · 6 May 2004 · S Class, CL Class · Electrical
- 2004184 · 3 June 2004 · CL Class, S Class · Other
- 2004210 · 24 June 2004 · SL Class, E Class · Brakes
- 2002131 · 18 July 2002 · SLK Class · Lights And Instruments
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.
- 2003218 · 5 September 2003 · Astro, Safari · Steering
- 2003239 · 3 October 2003 · 550 Maranello · Steering
- 2003241 · 3 October 2003 · Spyder, Coupe · Steering
- 2003141 · 27 May 2003 · F-250, Expedition, F-150 · Steering
- 2003135 · 22 May 2003 · 8600 · Steering
- 2003127 · 13 May 2003 · C40lf, D40lf, D60lf · 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 350 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2003.
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