Mercedes-Benz S-Class

The risk

The 12 volt ground wire screw in the trunk may be defective, which can lead to that certain electronic stability program (ESP) functions can be disabled or strong electrical currents may lead to a local increase in temperature, increasing the risk of an accident or fire. The product does not comply with the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles

Product: Passenger car, S-Class 223 series

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

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• Mercedes-Benz S-Class

Other fire, injuries alerts in 2023

17 of the 395 motor vehicle alerts published in 2023 concerned the same risk.

Who notified alerts in 2023

Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2023

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 S-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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