Mercedes-Benz G Class. Published by Transport Canada as 2012259 on 7 August 2012. System: Airbag.
What the notice says On certain units, a molding strip located in the dashboard may have been improperly spot welded to the passenger airbag covering flap. In the event of an airbag deployment, the molding strip could become loose and enter the passenger compartment or impair proper airbag function. This could increase the risk of …
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Mercedes-Benz G CLASS in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Mercedes-Benz G CLASS is named on 20 British notices and 1 European. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The British register
- DVSA recall R/2017/322: Mercedes-Benz G Class (Electronic stability program (ESP) may malfunction)
- DVSA recall R/2019/203: Mercedes-Benz G Class (Small cracks may appear in the brake pipes)
- DVSA recall R/2019/372: Mercedes-Benz G Class, AMG GT, C-Class and 3 more (Certain front seat belt buckles may not have been manufactured acco...)
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
- 2012259
- Recall date
- 7 August 2012
- Make
- Mercedes-Benz
- Models
- G Class
- Model years
- 2011
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Airbag
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 8
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain units, a molding strip located in the dashboard may have been improperly spot welded to the passenger airbag covering flap. In the event of an airbag deployment, the molding strip could become loose and enter the passenger compartment or impair proper airbag function. This could increase the risk of personal injury in a crash. Correction: Dealers will reinforce the connection between the airbag flap and the molding strip.
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 2012259.
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.
- 2012272 · 10 August 2012 · ML Class · Accessories
- 2012213 · 13 July 2012 · C Class · Lights And Instruments
- 2012176 · 11 June 2012 · E Class · Suspension
- 2012337 · 9 October 2012 · E Class · Airbag
- 2012373 · 5 November 2012 · CLS Class · Structure
- 2012386 · 14 November 2012 · GLK Class · Lights And Instruments
- 2012401 · 30 November 2012 · S Class · Fuel System
- 2012114 · 2 April 2012 · B Class · Powertrain
The same system: Airbag
734 notices in this register name Airbag. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2012263 · 7 August 2012 · Durango · Airbag
- 2012252 · 31 July 2012 · I-Miev · Airbag
- 2012230 · 24 July 2012 · Sonata · Airbag
- 2012231 · 24 July 2012 · Santa Fe · Airbag
- 2012316 · 21 September 2012 · XC60 · Airbag
- 2012332 · 1 October 2012 · Fiesta · Airbag
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 444 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2012.
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