Mercedes-Benz R Class. Published by Transport Canada as 2006070 on 29 March 2006. System: Electrical.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the starter wiring harness may have been routed incorrectly and could chafe. Over time, such chafing could wear through the protective sleeve and cause an electrical short. This condition, if not addressed, may cause a vehicle fire, possibly resulting in property damage, personal injury or …
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Mercedes-Benz R CLASS in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Mercedes-Benz R CLASS is named on 6 British notices. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The British register
- DVSA recall R/2021/277: Mercedes-Benz A Class, R Class, C-Class and 3 more (The driver's air bag may have a chemical change to its propellant o...)
- DVSA recall R/2021/279: Mercedes-Benz SLK, M Class, R Class and 2 more (The driver's air bag may have a chemical change to its propellant o...)
- DVSA recall R/2022/137: Mercedes-Benz GL, R Class and ML (The function of the brake booster might be affected due to advanced...)
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
- 2006070
- Recall date
- 29 March 2006
- Make
- Mercedes-Benz
- Models
- R Class
- Model years
- 2006
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 690
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the starter wiring harness may have been routed incorrectly and could chafe. Over time, such chafing could wear through the protective sleeve and cause an electrical short. This condition, if not addressed, may cause a vehicle fire, possibly resulting in property damage, personal injury or death. Correction: Dealers will inspect and reroute the starter wiring harness.
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 2006070.
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.
- 2006076 · 10 April 2006 · R Class · Seats And Restraints
- 2006031 · 7 February 2006 · CL Class, S Class · Electrical
- 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
- 2007020 · 29 January 2007 · B Class · Electrical
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.
- 2006031 · 7 February 2006 · CL Class, S Class · Electrical
- 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
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 377 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2006.
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