Mercedes remembers almost 1m automobiles over faulty brakes

in cars •  2 years ago 

German carmaker Mercedes-Benz is recalling almost 1m older cars from around the arena because of ability issues with their braking gadget.

Over the weekend, the company said it will contact proprietors of the motors as their brakes may be suffering from what it referred to as "advanced corrosion".

The consider affects a total of 993,407 automobiles, which include 70,000 in Germany.

Mercedes recalled a similar variety of motors closing year over a protection problem with their emergency call device.

The enterprise stated the cars within the ultra-modern don't forget have been built between 2004 and 2015 and have been from its ML and GL collection of SUVs and R-magnificence luxury minivans.

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"we've discovered that in some of those vehicles, the feature of the brake booster can be affected by superior corrosion inside the joint area of the housing," Mercedes stated in a statement on Saturday.

"It might be viable for a specially sturdy or difficult braking manoeuvre to cause mechanical damage to the brake booster," it stated.

"In such a completely uncommon case, it might no longer be feasible to slow down the automobile via the carrier brake. Therefore the risk of a crash or damage might be multiplied," it added.

Mercedes said it's far starting the bear in mind at once and that the method might involve analyzing the potentially faulty motors and replacing parts if vital.

Last February, the agency recalled over 1m vehicles due to a illness in its "eCall" feature, which signals emergency offerings of an coincidence and relays the car's place.

The illness meant it become viable that a wrong region could be despatched.

Because the trouble was software-related, the restoration became often achieved "over the air" - via a wi-fi download the usage of the auto's present cell facts connection.
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