Mercedes-Benz Gla Class, Cla Class, B Class. Published by Transport Canada as 2021507 on 11 August 2021. System: Steering.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain vehicles, the power steering control unit may corrode. If this happens, moisture could enter the control unit and cause it to fail. This could cause a loss of power steering assist.
Note: This is an expansion of Mercedes-Benz recall 4694202 (Transport Canada Recall No. 2020-617).
This recall …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2021507
- Recall date
- 11 August 2021
- Make
- Mercedes-Benz
- Models
- Gla Class, Cla Class, B Class
- Model years
- 2013 to 2020
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 2,431
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain vehicles, the power steering control unit may corrode. If this happens, moisture could enter the control unit and cause it to fail. This could cause a loss of power steering assist.
Note: This is an expansion of Mercedes-Benz recall 4694202 (Transport Canada Recall No. 2020-617).
This recall only affects vehicles that were originally sold or ever registered in areas of heavy road salt usage (Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland & Labrador).Safety Risk:
A loss of power steering assist would result in a sudden increase in steering effort, especially at low vehicle speeds. This could increase the risk of a crash.Corrective Actions:
Mercedes-Benz will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your vehicle to a dealer to replace the power steering control unit.
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 2021507.
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.
- 2021514 · 16 August 2021 · E Class, C Class · Airbag
- 2021493 · 6 August 2021 · CLS Class, E Class, G Class · Seats And Restraints
- 2021494 · 6 August 2021 · Metris, Sprinter · Seats And Restraints
- 2021478 · 23 July 2021 · C Class, CLK Class, E Class · Structure
- 2021431 · 13 July 2021 · GLC Class, G Class · Airbag
- 2021558 · 14 September 2021 · Gla Class · Label
- 2021559 · 14 September 2021 · S Class · Fuel System
- 2021415 · 5 July 2021 · GLB Class, C Class, A Class · Lights And Instruments
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.
- 2021502 · 9 August 2021 · Pioneer 700 · Steering
- 2021403 · 30 June 2021 · Cayenne · Steering
- 2021400 · 28 June 2021 · LFS, LFS Artic · Steering
- 2021640 · 19 October 2021 · Essex Class A Motorhome · Steering
- 2021341 · 2 June 2021 · QX30 · Steering
- 2021337 · 31 May 2021 · F-150 · Steering
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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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