Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500, Sprinter 3500. Published by Transport Canada as 2019454 on 4 September 2019. System: Airbag.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain vehicles, long-term exposure to high absolute humidity and temperature, combined with high temperature cycling, may eventually degrade the propellant contained in the driver-front airbag. This could cause the airbag to deploy with more force than normal. If the airbag inflator ruptures, fragments …
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Mercedes-Benz SPRINTER 2500 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Mercedes-Benz SPRINTER 2500 is named on 21 American notices. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2019454
- Recall date
- 4 September 2019
- Make
- Mercedes-Benz
- Models
- Sprinter 2500, Sprinter 3500
- Model years
- 2010 to 2016
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- System
- Airbag
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 26,050
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain vehicles, long-term exposure to high absolute humidity and temperature, combined with high temperature cycling, may eventually degrade the propellant contained in the driver-front airbag. This could cause the airbag to deploy with more force than normal. If the airbag inflator ruptures, fragments could be propelled toward vehicle occupants or cause damage to the airbag assembly, preventing its proper function.Safety Risk:
If the vehicle is involved in a crash requiring an airbag deployment, the airbag inflator could rupture and create a risk of injury.Corrective Action:
Owners will be notified by mail and instructed to take their vehicle to a dealer to have the driver-front airbag module replaced. Note: The Canadian climate results in the propellant degrading slowly. This recall is being conducted as a precaution to address future risk. It is expected that all airbag inflators will be replaced before their function would be affected. Additional note: This recall supersedes recall 2016-159.
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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.
- 2019455 · 4 September 2019 · Sprinter 2500, Sprinter 3500 · Airbag
- 2019466 · 23 September 2019 · E Class · Structure
- 2019467 · 23 September 2019 · Sprinter 2500, Sprinter 4500, Sprinter 3500 · Structure
- 2019468 · 23 September 2019 · Metris · Seats And Restraints
- 2019424 · 22 August 2019 · CLS Class · Electrical
- 2019414 · 16 August 2019 · Sprinter 4500, Sprinter 3500, Sprinter 2500 · Lights And Instruments
- 2019400 · 13 August 2019 · Gla Class · Seats And Restraints
- 2019404 · 13 August 2019 · Gle Class, GLS Class · Electrical
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.
- 2019455 · 4 September 2019 · Sprinter 2500, Sprinter 3500 · Airbag
- 2019433 · 28 August 2019 · Corolla, Matrix · Airbag
- 2019436 · 28 August 2019 · Vibe · Airbag
- 2019385 · 7 August 2019 · SL Class · Airbag
- 2019484 · 2 October 2019 · GLC Class, A Class, Cla Class · Airbag
- 2019487 · 3 October 2019 · 3 Series · 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 594 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2019.
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