Mercedes-Benz Sprinter. Published by Transport Canada as 2020517 on 29 October 2020. System: Steering.
What the notice says This recall was replaced by Transport Canada Recall No. 2021-216.
Issue:
On certain vehicles, the power steering return hoses may detach at their connection points. If this happens, power steering fluid can leak. This would result in a loss of power steering assist and power steering fluid could leak onto the …
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Mercedes-Benz SPRINTER in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Mercedes-Benz SPRINTER is named on 85 American notices, 86 British and 80 European. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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The British register
The European register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2020517
- Recall date
- 29 October 2020
- Make
- Mercedes-Benz
- Models
- Sprinter
- Model years
- 2015 to 2019
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Superseded
- Vehicles affected
- 4,102
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
This recall was replaced by Transport Canada Recall No. 2021-216.
Issue:
On certain vehicles, the power steering return hoses may detach at their connection points. If this happens, power steering fluid can leak. This would result in a loss of power steering assist and power steering fluid could leak onto the road.Safety Risk:
A loss of power steering assist may result in a sudden increase in steering effort, especially at low speeds. This could increase the risk of a crash. A power steering fluid leak could create a road hazard.Corrective Actions:
Mercedes-Benz will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your vehicle to a dealer to check the power steering return hose connections. Dealers will install a clamp at the connection point, if needed.
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 2020517.
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.
- 2020512 · 27 October 2020 · C Class, GLC Class · Steering
- 2020507 · 23 October 2020 · GLB Class, A Class, GLS Class · Lights And Instruments
- 2020491 · 19 October 2020 · Sprinter · Brakes
- 2020465 · 1 October 2020 · Sprinter · Fuel System
- 2020522 · 3 November 2020 · Gle Class, GLS Class · Seats And Restraints
- 2020523 · 3 November 2020 · Gla Class, A Class · Electrical
- 2020534 · 10 November 2020 · E Class · Seats And Restraints
- 2020545 · 13 November 2020 · Sprinter · Electrical
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.
- 2020512 · 27 October 2020 · C Class, GLC Class · Steering
- 2020617 · 14 December 2020 · Cla Class, B Class, Gla Class · Steering
- 2020406 · 31 August 2020 · Pioneer 1000, Pioneer 700 · Steering
- 2020312 · 8 July 2020 · 3500, 2500 · Steering
- 2020102 · 16 March 2020 · Q7 · Steering
- 2020050 · 10 February 2020 · Mule Pro FXR, Mule Pro FX, Mule Pro FXT · 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 536 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2020.
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