Mercedes-Benz C-Class, EQC, GLC

The risk

The wiring harness for the steering control device may have been damaged during the production process and can allow moisture to ingress into the control unit.This may lead to the loss of electric steering support, increasing the risk of accident. Moreover, a short circuit of the damaged wiring harness can occur, leading to increased risk of fire.

Product: Model series: C class (BR 205), GLC (BR 253) and EQC (BR 293).

Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · official text, unchanged

Measures taken

Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Manufacturer Category of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users Date of entry into force: Unknown

Models on CarsLore

The alert names these models; open one for its complaints, recalls in other countries and inspection results.

• Mercedes-Benz C-Class
• Mercedes-Benz EQC
• Mercedes-Benz GLC

Other fire, injuries alerts in 2021

27 of the 549 motor vehicle alerts published in 2021 concerned the same risk.

Who notified alerts in 2021

Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2021

Other recalls for the same models

The same models in recall campaigns from NHTSA, Transport Canada, the EU Safety Gate and the Dutch RDW.

All recalls for this model: Mercedes-Benz C-Class

More Mercedes-Benz alerts

614 EU Safety Gate alerts for Mercedes-Benz since 2006; the most were issued in 2021 (98).

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