Mercedes-Benz Sprinter. Published by Transport Canada as 2005044 on 25 February 2005. System: Wheels.
What the notice says On certain vehicle equipped with 16 inch tires and operated in hot ambient conditions, the rubber and metal portions of the valve stem may experience separation or cracking. This condition may lead to loss of air pressure at the valve stem and subsequent rapid loss of pressure in the tire that could result in a loss …
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Mercedes-Benz SPRINTER in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Mercedes-Benz SPRINTER is named on 85 American notices, 86 British and 80 European. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
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
- 2005044
- Recall date
- 25 February 2005
- Make
- Mercedes-Benz
- Models
- Sprinter
- Model years
- 2003 to 2004
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- System
- Wheels
- Raised as
- Recalls Audit
- Vehicles affected
- 247
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicle equipped with 16 inch tires and operated in hot ambient conditions, the rubber and metal portions of the valve stem may experience separation or cracking. This condition may lead to loss of air pressure at the valve stem and subsequent rapid loss of pressure in the tire that could result in a loss of vehicle directional control with minimal advance warning. Correction: Dealers will replace the tire valve stems.
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 2005044.
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.
- 2005094 · 4 April 2005 · SL Class, E Class, CLS Class · Brakes
- 2005152 · 18 May 2005 · ML Class · Steering
- 2005254 · 1 September 2005 · G Class · Fuel System
- 2005346 · 7 November 2005 · SLK Class · Electrical
- 2004210 · 24 June 2004 · SL Class, E Class · Brakes
- 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
The same system: Wheels
194 notices in this register name Wheels. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2005018 · 25 January 2005 · Sprinter · Wheels
- 2005100 · 7 April 2005 · Qualifier 4 Gooseneck, Qualifier 3 Gooseneck, Stockman · Wheels
- 2005115 · 22 April 2005 · Class C, Dorado, Siesta · Wheels
- 2005129 · 29 April 2005 · 9900i 6x4, 7500 6x4, 9400i 6x4 · Wheels
- 2005144 · 12 May 2005 · Cambridge · Wheels
- 2005154 · 18 May 2005 · All American Sport · Wheels
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 404 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2005.
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