Mercedes-Benz C Class, Amg Gt, Glc Class, E Class. Published by Transport Canada as 2020253 on 9 June 2020. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain vehicles, the lock that secures the backrest on the left-rear seat may be defective. As a result, cargo in the trunk could load the backrest in a crash and cause the lock to fail. If this happens, the seat backrest could tilt forward.
Note: This recall only affects vehicles equipped with rear seat …
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Mercedes-Benz C CLASS in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Mercedes-Benz C CLASS is named on 3 British notices and 4 European. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The British register
The European register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2020253
- Recall date
- 9 June 2020
- Make
- Mercedes-Benz
- Models
- C Class, AMG GT, GLC Class, E Class
- Model years
- 2020
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 142
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain vehicles, the lock that secures the backrest on the left-rear seat may be defective. As a result, cargo in the trunk could load the backrest in a crash and cause the lock to fail. If this happens, the seat backrest could tilt forward.
Note: This recall only affects vehicles equipped with rear seat backrests that can be unlocked electronically.Safety Risk:
A backrest that tilts forward in a crash could increase the risk of injury.Corrective Actions:
Mercedes-Benz will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your vehicle to a dealer to replace the backrest lock on the left-rear seat. As a precautionary measure, you should avoid loading heavy items in the trunk until the recall repairs are completed.
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 2020253.
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.
- 2020255 · 10 June 2020 · Gle Class · Suspension
- 2020256 · 10 June 2020 · Metris · Powertrain
- 2020248 · 4 June 2020 · Sprinter · Airbag
- 2020244 · 1 June 2020 · Gle Class · Seats And Restraints
- 2020282 · 22 June 2020 · E Class, C Class, GLC Class · Engine
- 2020307 · 6 July 2020 · GT Class, GLC Class, C Class · Brakes
- 2020201 · 11 May 2020 · C Class, GLC Class · Label
- 2020197 · 5 May 2020 · G Class · Other
The same system: Seats And Restraints
900 notices in this register name Seats And Restraints. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2020244 · 1 June 2020 · Gle Class · Seats And Restraints
- 2020231 · 27 May 2020 · Transit Connect · Seats And Restraints
- 2020215 · 15 May 2020 · Outlander, Outlander PHEV · Seats And Restraints
- 2020317 · 14 July 2020 · Outlander, Outlander PHEV · Seats And Restraints
- 2020320 · 15 July 2020 · Vision School Bus, TX4 School Bus · Seats And Restraints
- 2020331 · 20 July 2020 · RZR Pro XP, RZR Turbo S, RZR XP · Seats And Restraints
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 notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Mercedes-Benz AMG GT, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
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 536 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2020.
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