Mercedes-Benz Sl Class, E Class. Published by Transport Canada as 2004210 on 24 June 2004. System: Brakes.
What the notice says The electronic monitoring system of the Sensotronic Brake Control (SBC) is designed to monitor the pressure gradient within the high pressure line of the brake system. If an unacceptable pressure gradient is detected, the system will switch, as it is designed to do, into the hydraulic function mode. DaimlerChrysler …
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Mercedes-Benz SL CLASS in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Mercedes-Benz SL CLASS is named on 5 British notices. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The British register
- DVSA recall R/2018/268: Mercedes-Benz CLA, B Class, SLC and 1 more (Doors on left vehicle side (passenger side) remain permanently lock...)
- DVSA recall R/2019/279: Mercedes-Benz SL Class (The passenger air bag cushion may not have been sewn according to s...)
- DVSA recall R/2019/362: Mercedes-Benz SL Class (Rear suspension mounting may not meet specification)
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
- 2004210
- Recall date
- 24 June 2004
- Make
- Mercedes-Benz
- Models
- SL Class, E Class
- Model years
- 2003 to 2005
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Brakes
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 6,579
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
The electronic monitoring system of the Sensotronic Brake Control (SBC) is designed to monitor the pressure gradient within the high pressure line of the brake system. If an unacceptable pressure gradient is detected, the system will switch, as it is designed to do, into the hydraulic function mode. DaimlerChrysler AG has determined that in certain instances, if vehicles are not routinely serviced and have extremely high mileage combined with a high number of brake actuations or a high brake actuation frequency, the pump motor of the SBC may run out of permissible tolerances, thereby triggering the hydraulic function mode. Correction: Dealers will re-program the SBC hydraulic unit. A software update will provide a clear maintenance notice on the vehicle display and assure continuous pump speed operation within tolerances.
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 2004210.
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.
- 2004184 · 3 June 2004 · CL Class, S Class · Other
- 2004153 · 6 May 2004 · CL Class, S Class · Brakes
- 2004154 · 6 May 2004 · S Class, CL Class · Electrical
- 2003338 · 17 December 2003 · E Class, CLK Class, C Class · Seats And Restraints
- 2005044 · 25 February 2005 · Sprinter · Wheels
- 2005094 · 4 April 2005 · SL Class, E Class, CLS Class · Brakes
- 2003199 · 27 August 2003 · C Class · Steering
- 2005152 · 18 May 2005 · ML Class · Steering
The same system: Brakes
791 notices in this register name Brakes. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2004201 · 17 June 2004 · Horizon, Meridian, Vectra · Brakes
- 2004204 · 17 June 2004 · MB45 Shuttle Bus Chassis, MB55 Shuttle Bus Chassis · Brakes
- 2004218 · 7 July 2004 · DM, CH · Brakes
- 2004306 · 24 August 2004 · 4300 4x2, 4200 4x2 · Brakes
- 2004307 · 25 August 2004 · 9900i 6x4, 9200i 4x2, 9200i 6x4 · Brakes
- 2004129 · 8 April 2004 · Ram Van · Brakes
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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 449 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2004.
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