Mercedes-Benz S Class. Published by Transport Canada as 2012401 on 30 November 2012. System: Fuel System.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the flange that attaches the fuel filter to the tank could eventually develop a crack and allow fuel to leak. Although any such leakage would be in an area where vehicle temperatures are too low for ignition, fuel leakage, in the presence of an external ignition source, could result in a fire …
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Mercedes-Benz S CLASS in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2012401
- Recall date
- 30 November 2012
- Make
- Mercedes-Benz
- Models
- S Class
- Model years
- 2011
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Fuel System
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 27
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the flange that attaches the fuel filter to the tank could eventually develop a crack and allow fuel to leak. Although any such leakage would be in an area where vehicle temperatures are too low for ignition, fuel leakage, in the presence of an external ignition source, could result in a fire causing property damage and/or personal injury. Correction: Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the fuel filter.
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 2012401.
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.
- 2012386 · 14 November 2012 · GLK Class · Lights And Instruments
- 2012373 · 5 November 2012 · CLS Class · Structure
- 2012337 · 9 October 2012 · E Class · Airbag
- 2012272 · 10 August 2012 · ML Class · Accessories
- 2012259 · 7 August 2012 · G Class · Airbag
- 2012213 · 13 July 2012 · C Class · Lights And Instruments
- 2012176 · 11 June 2012 · E Class · Suspension
- 2012114 · 2 April 2012 · B Class · Powertrain
The same system: Fuel System
866 notices in this register name Fuel System. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2012414 · 10 December 2012 · 360 · Fuel System
- 2012420 · 11 December 2012 · 350 Exc-F, 500 Exc, 450 Xc-F · Fuel System
- 2012421 · 12 December 2012 · Spyder · Fuel System
- 2012422 · 12 December 2012 · Spyder · Fuel System
- 2012429 · 14 December 2012 · Gator Rsx850i · Fuel System
- 2012430 · 14 December 2012 · Gator TX, Gator TH, Gator TS · Fuel System
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 444 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2012.
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