Mercedes-Benz Ml Class, Gle Class, C Class, S Class, E Class, Cls Class. Published by Transport Canada as 2018724 on 20 December 2018. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain vehicles originally sold or currently registered in areas of heavy road salt usage during winter months (Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland & Labrador), the bolts that attach the electric power steering assist motor to the steering gear housing may corrode and break. …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2018724
- Recall date
- 20 December 2018
- Make
- Mercedes-Benz
- Models
- ML Class, Gle Class, C Class, S Class, E Class, CLS Class, GLC Class, GLK Class
- Model years
- 2011 to 2017
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 22,346
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles originally sold or currently registered in areas of heavy road salt usage during winter months (Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland & Labrador), the bolts that attach the electric power steering assist motor to the steering gear housing may corrode and break. This could cause a loss of power steering assist. The resulting increase in steering effort could create the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will replace the mounting bolts and apply a corrosion protection coating to the gear housing and bolts. If the bolts bolt cannot be removed, a replacement steering gear will be installed.
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 2018724.
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.
- 2018723 · 20 December 2018 · GLC Class · Airbag
- 2018725 · 20 December 2018 · C Class · Brakes
- 2018726 · 20 December 2018 · Maybach S-Class, S Class · Steering
- 2018727 · 20 December 2018 · CLS Class · Lights And Instruments
- 2018728 · 20 December 2018 · Gla Class · Structure
- 2018729 · 20 December 2018 · S Class, Maybach S-Class · Steering
- 2018741 · 28 December 2018 · E Class, GLK Class, C Class · Airbag
- 2018685 · 6 December 2018 · E Class, C Class · Steering
The same system: Steering
582 notices in this register name Steering. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2018719 · 20 December 2018 · 5900, 4900, Business Class M2 · Steering
- 2018720 · 20 December 2018 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · Steering
- 2018722 · 20 December 2018 · Panamera 4s, Panamera Turbo, Panamera 4 · Steering
- 2018726 · 20 December 2018 · Maybach S-Class, S Class · Steering
- 2018729 · 20 December 2018 · S Class, Maybach S-Class · Steering
- 2018737 · 21 December 2018 · Xl2-45 Coach, XL Coach, X3-45 Coach · Steering
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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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