Mercedes-Benz GLC

The risk

Due to defective screw connection, the positive 12V battery cable may come into contact with the starter and be damaged by its movement. Consequently, the damaged positive cable might be in contact with the starter housing, which could lead to a short circuit. As a result, the battery may become discharged in a short period of time, and an intermediary electrical component might be overloaded, leading to immobilisation of the vehicle and to increased the risk of fire.

Product: Model series: BR 253. Vehicles equipped with an AMG petrol engine and 4MATIC.

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

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• 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 GLC

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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