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Mercedes-benz

Official notice

16 Oct 2015

Last checked

16 Oct 2015

Medium riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Mercedes-benz. On certain vehicles equipped with a 4 cylinder gasoline engine, a weld on the camshafts may not have been placed at the intended position. This could cause the camshaft(s) to break and damage the engine causing it to stall, which would increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will replace the potentially affected camshafts. Published 2015-10-16.

What to do now

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Recall number

69247

Official notice

2015-10-16

The hazard

On certain vehicles equipped with a 4 cylinder gasoline engine, a weld on the camshafts may not have been placed at the intended position. This could cause the camshaft(s) to break and damage the engine causing it to stall, which would increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will replace the potentially affected camshafts.

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Recall Numbers

69247

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Affected products

Product 1

Year: 2015, Make: MERCEDES-BENZ, Model: B CLASS

Product 2

Year: 2015, Make: MERCEDES-BENZ, Model: CLA CLASS

Product 3

Year: 2015, Make: MERCEDES-BENZ, Model: GLA CLASS

Risk / hazard

On certain vehicles equipped with a 4 cylinder gasoline engine, a weld on the camshafts may not have been placed at the intended position. This could cause the camshaft(s) to break and damage the engine causing it to stall, which would increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will replace the potentially affected camshafts.

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

CA · Canada

Affected area 1

CA · Canada

Company & contacts

Manufacturer

Not provided

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Mercedes-Benz.

Source & status

Source

Health Canada

Tier

official

Category

VEHICLES

App estimate

medium

Recall details

Recall number

69247

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

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