Mercedes-Benz Sprinter. Published by Transport Canada as 2007351 on 1 November 2007. System: Lights And Instruments.
What the notice says On certain vehicles equipped with a rear air conditioning system, the rear interior light units, mounted in the rear air conditioning duct work, may overheat. In certain conditions, heat from the bulb, due to long term operation, can cause the lens to distort. As a result, the electrical contacts could cause a short …
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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.
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The European register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2007351
- Recall date
- 1 November 2007
- Make
- Mercedes-Benz
- Models
- Sprinter
- Model years
- 2001
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- System
- Lights And Instruments
- Raised as
- Recalls Audit
- Vehicles affected
- 8
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles equipped with a rear air conditioning system, the rear interior light units, mounted in the rear air conditioning duct work, may overheat. In certain conditions, heat from the bulb, due to long term operation, can cause the lens to distort. As a result, the electrical contacts could cause a short circuit, which may lead to a vehicle fire. Correction: Dealers will replace the rear interior lamps with a modified version that contains lower wattage bulbs.
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 2007351.
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.
- 2007332 · 12 October 2007 · C Class · Seats And Restraints
- 2007410 · 14 December 2007 · SLR Mclaren · Other
- 2007418 · 21 December 2007 · R Class, ML Class, E Class · Engine
- 2007195 · 14 June 2007 · S Class, CL Class · Steering
- 2007020 · 29 January 2007 · B Class · Electrical
- 2008089 · 19 March 2008 · S Class, CL Class · Electrical
- 2008191 · 2 June 2008 · ML Class, GL Class · Other
- 2008242 · 9 July 2008 · E Class, SLK Class, C Class · Other
The same system: Lights And Instruments
900 notices in this register name Lights And Instruments. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2007356 · 6 November 2007 · Ellipse, Suncruiser · Lights And Instruments
- 2007361 · 7 November 2007 · Marauder (gz250), GS500/F · Lights And Instruments
- 2007347 · 26 October 2007 · Surf Side, Dolphin, Dolphin LX · Lights And Instruments
- 2007325 · 10 October 2007 · Cxu, Chu, Gu · Lights And Instruments
- 2007408 · 14 December 2007 · Challenger, Daybreak · Lights And Instruments
- 2007420 · 21 December 2007 · Citation · Lights And Instruments
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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 420 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2007.
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