Mercedes-Benz Cl Class, S Class. Published by Transport Canada as 2006031 on 7 February 2006. System: Electrical.
What the notice says Certain vehicles may experience instrument cluster backlighting malfunction. There are three distinct failure modes. (1) Vehicles built between 06/2000 and 11/2000 may contain a defective transformer that could cause an electrical short. (2) Vehicles built from 01/2002 to 04/2002 could have incorrect dielectric …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2006031
- Recall date
- 7 February 2006
- Make
- Mercedes-Benz
- Models
- CL Class, S Class
- Model years
- 2000 to 2005
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,313
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Certain vehicles may experience instrument cluster backlighting malfunction. There are three distinct failure modes. (1) Vehicles built between 06/2000 and 11/2000 may contain a defective transformer that could cause an electrical short. (2) Vehicles built from 01/2002 to 04/2002 could have incorrect dielectric layers inside a capacitor that could lead to fluctuating current levels. (3) Vehicles built between 05/2004 and 09/2004 may have incorrect light emitting diodes (LEDs). Correction: Dealers will replace the instrument cluster module.
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 2006031.
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.
- 2006070 · 29 March 2006 · R Class · Electrical
- 2006076 · 10 April 2006 · R Class · Seats And Restraints
- 2006132 · 5 June 2006 · B Class · Other
- 2006145 · 16 June 2006 · SLR Mclaren · Electrical
- 2006372 · 27 December 2006 · ML Class, R Class · Other
- 2005346 · 7 November 2005 · SLK Class · Electrical
- 2005254 · 1 September 2005 · G Class · Fuel System
- 2005152 · 18 May 2005 · ML Class · Steering
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.
- 2006026 · 30 January 2006 · 50cc Solo · Electrical
- 2006017 · 23 January 2006 · Escapade Motorhome · Electrical
- 2006002 · 5 January 2006 · Aspect, Horizon, Journey · Electrical
- 2006133 · 5 June 2006 · Argosy, Coronado, Century S/T · Electrical
- 2006201 · 22 August 2006 · Mt45 Van Chassis, Mt55 Van Chassis · Electrical
- 2006206 · 29 August 2006 · Designer Fifth Wheel Trailer, Eagle Fifth Wheel Trailer · Electrical
Reading this against the source
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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 377 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2006.
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