Mercedes-Benz Sprinter. Published by Transport Canada as 2010234 on 15 July 2010. System: Engine.
What the notice says On certain Sprinter 2500 and 3500 vehicles, the spring plate which is mounted at the oil filler neck, and fixes it at the cylinder head cover, may crack and cause an engine oil leak. In addition to possible damage to the engine (caused by inadequate lubrication) this may result in leakage of oil onto the road …
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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 British register
The European register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2010234
- Recall date
- 15 July 2010
- Make
- Mercedes-Benz
- Models
- Sprinter
- Model years
- 2010
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 615
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain Sprinter 2500 and 3500 vehicles, the spring plate which is mounted at the oil filler neck, and fixes it at the cylinder head cover, may crack and cause an engine oil leak. In addition to possible damage to the engine (caused by inadequate lubrication) this may result in leakage of oil onto the road surface. Correction: Dealers will replace the oil filler neck.
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 2010234.
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.
- 2010259 · 3 August 2010 · G Class · Lights And Instruments
- 2010331 · 5 October 2010 · C Class, E Class · Steering
- 2010375 · 29 October 2010 · R Class, ML Class, GL Class · Fuel System
- 2010432 · 3 December 2010 · E Class · Visual System
- 2010449 · 16 December 2010 · Sprinter · Visual System
- 2010033 · 8 February 2010 · Sprinter · Engine
- 2011032 · 24 January 2011 · Sprinter · Other
- 2009337 · 26 November 2009 · G Class · Fuel System
The same system: Engine
287 notices in this register name Engine. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2010221 · 5 July 2010 · IS 350, GS 350, GS 450h · Engine
- 2010413 · 17 November 2010 · Ce School Bus, HC Commercial Bus, 4400 · Engine
- 2010416 · 18 November 2010 · XC60, XC70, S80 · Engine
- 2010021 · 28 January 2010 · LFS · Engine
- 2010015 · 22 January 2010 · Vibe · Engine
- 2010006 · 14 January 2010 · Ii, V, Vi · Engine
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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 468 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2010.
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