Mercedes-Benz Ml Class, Gls Class, Gle Class, Gl Class. Published by Transport Canada as 2018217 on 27 April 2018. System: Engine.
What the notice says On certain vehicles equipped with the Active Curve System (ACS), the oil in the ACS’s reservoir could start foaming under certain dynamic driving situations in combination with an oil level below minimum. The oil foam could leak out of the oil reservoir through the vent holes in the sealing cap and spray onto hot …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2018217
- Recall date
- 27 April 2018
- Make
- Mercedes-Benz
- Models
- ML Class, GLS Class, Gle Class, GL Class
- Model years
- 2012 to 2017
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,627
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles equipped with the Active Curve System (ACS), the oil in the ACS’s reservoir could start foaming under certain dynamic driving situations in combination with an oil level below minimum. The oil foam could leak out of the oil reservoir through the vent holes in the sealing cap and spray onto hot surface components of the exhaust system. This could increase the risk of fire causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will inspect the ACS reservoir for proper oil level and replace the sealing cap with an updated part.
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 2018217.
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.
- 2018161 · 4 April 2018 · C Class, E Class · Seats And Restraints
- 2018237 · 7 May 2018 · Sprinter 2500, Sprinter 3500 · Structure
- 2018136 · 16 March 2018 · GLC Class · Seats And Restraints
- 2018113 · 7 March 2018 · E Class, C Class · Seats And Restraints
- 2018114 · 7 March 2018 · E Class · Lights And Instruments
- 2018327 · 15 June 2018 · S Class · Electrical
- 2018354 · 29 June 2018 · E Class · Lights And Instruments
- 2018092 · 16 February 2018 · Sprinter 2500, Sprinter 3500 · Label
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.
- 2018215 · 27 April 2018 · Fortwo · Engine
- 2018218 · 1 May 2018 · Niro · Engine
- 2018505 · 14 September 2018 · Stelvio · Engine
- 2018506 · 14 September 2018 · Giulia, Stelvio · Engine
- 2018601 · 1 November 2018 · Fr-S · Engine
- 2018606 · 2 November 2018 · Impreza, BRZ, XV Crosstrek · Engine
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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 704 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2018.
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