Mercedes-Benz E Class, C Class, B Class, Glk Class, Cla Class, Gla Class. Published by Transport Canada as 2017490 on 10 October 2017. System: Airbag.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, electrostatic discharge, when combined with a broken clock spring and insufficient grounding of the steering components, could lead to an inadvertent deployment of the driver's frontal airbag. Unintended airbag deployment, in a non-warranted (non-impact) situation, could startle the driver, which …
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Mercedes-Benz E CLASS in the other registers
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The European register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2017490
- Recall date
- 10 October 2017
- Make
- Mercedes-Benz
- Models
- E Class, C Class, B Class, GLK Class, Cla Class, Gla Class, GLC Class
- Model years
- 2012 to 2018
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Airbag
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 76,728
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, electrostatic discharge, when combined with a broken clock spring and insufficient grounding of the steering components, could lead to an inadvertent deployment of the driver's frontal airbag. Unintended airbag deployment, in a non-warranted (non-impact) situation, could startle the driver, which could result in a crash causing injury and/or property damage. In some instances, inadvertent deployment could cause minor injuries to vehicle occupants. Correction: Dealers will add sufficient grounding to the steering components. Note: A broken clock spring would result in a driver airbag warning message appearing in the instrument cluster, as well as a red airbag warning lamp illuminating.
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 2017490.
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.
- 2017500 · 17 October 2017 · C Class · Powertrain
- 2017501 · 17 October 2017 · Gle Coupe, Gle Class, GLS Class · Structure
- 2017503 · 18 October 2017 · Metris · Wheels
- 2017530 · 27 October 2017 · Sprinter 2500, Sprinter 3500 · Lights And Instruments
- 2017463 · 25 September 2017 · Sprinter 3500, Sprinter 2500 · Label
- 2017452 · 20 September 2017 · Gle Class, GLS Class · Structure
- 2017554 · 15 November 2017 · G Class · Powertrain
- 2017555 · 15 November 2017 · S Class · Steering
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.
- 2017481 · 5 October 2017 · Colorado · Airbag
- 2017531 · 30 October 2017 · Mirage · Airbag
- 2017532 · 30 October 2017 · Mirage · Airbag
- 2017471 · 28 September 2017 · X3 · Airbag
- 2017538 · 2 November 2017 · QX30 · Airbag
- 2017444 · 15 September 2017 · Lancer · Airbag
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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 638 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2017.
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