Mercedes-Benz A Class, Gt Class, Glb Class, Gla Class, Glc Class, Gle Class. Published by Transport Canada as 2021064 on 12 February 2021. System: Electrical.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain vehicles equipped with the emergency calling (eCall) system, the communications module may temporarily lose power during a crash. If this happens, the wrong vehicle location may be transmitted through the eCall system. This could cause emergency responders to be sent to the wrong location.
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Mercedes-Benz A CLASS in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Mercedes-Benz A CLASS is named on 59 British notices and 1 European. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The British register
- DVSA recall R/2017/282: Mercedes-Benz CLA, GLC, C-Class and 3 more (Electrical wiring in steering assembly may be insufficiently grounded)
- DVSA recall R/2018/020: Mercedes-Benz A Class (Bonding of the windshield may be inadequate)
- DVSA recall R/2018/098: Mercedes-Benz GLC, A Class, C-Class and 3 more (Steering components may be insufficiently grounded)
The European register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2021064
- Recall date
- 12 February 2021
- Make
- Mercedes-Benz
- Models
- A Class, GT Class, GLB Class, Gla Class, GLC Class, Gle Class, SLC Class, GLS Class, S Class, Cla Class, G Class, B Class, CLS Class, SL Class, C Class, E Class
- Model years
- 2019 to 2021
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 75,231
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain vehicles equipped with the emergency calling (eCall) system, the communications module may temporarily lose power during a crash. If this happens, the wrong vehicle location may be transmitted through the eCall system. This could cause emergency responders to be sent to the wrong location.Safety Risk:
If the eCall system sends out the wrong location after a crash, there could be a delay in response from emergency services.Corrective Actions:
Mercedes-Benz will notify owners by mail and send a wireless over-the-air update to each vehicle. If the update cannot be completed successfully, you will be notified to schedule an appointment to have the update performed by a dealer.
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 2021064.
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.
- 2021052 · 8 February 2021 · Gla Class · Label
- 2021054 · 8 February 2021 · Gle Class · Lights And Instruments
- 2021076 · 19 February 2021 · Sprinter · Visual System
- 2021089 · 19 February 2021 · Gle Class · Brakes
- 2021050 · 5 February 2021 · Sprinter · Electrical
- 2021045 · 3 February 2021 · C Class · Seats And Restraints
- 2021041 · 1 February 2021 · Gla Class, Cla Class, Gle Class · Accessories
- 2021111 · 2 March 2021 · Gle Class · Tires
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2021018 · 21 January 2021 · Escape, Sportsmen Classic, Sonic · Electrical
- 2021123 · 8 March 2021 · Sportage, Cadenza · Electrical
- 2021005 · 11 January 2021 · Ee 5, Sx-E 5 · Electrical
- 2021228 · 15 April 2021 · Impreza, Crosstrek · Electrical
- 2021315 · 24 May 2021 · Montana High Country · Electrical
- 2021327 · 26 May 2021 · Tellaro · Electrical
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 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 658 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2021.
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