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Mercedes-Benz - Vehicle safety system may incorrectly diagnose an imminent crash

Official notice

9 Jun 2017

RecallScope risk estimate:MediumDVSA

An official DVSA notice concerns Mercedes-Benz - Vehicle safety system may incorrectly diagnose an imminent crash. Vehicle safety system may incorrectly diagnose an imminent crash Published 2017-06-09.

What to do now

Vehicle owners are to be contacted informing them of the concern and asking them to observe the notes in the owner�s manual regarding potentially initiated random braking procedures. When the new update to the sensor system has been validated the vehicles will be recalled for the control units to be updated.

Units affected

4,654

Recall number

R-2017-129

Official notice

2017-06-09

The hazard

Vehicle safety system may incorrectly diagnose an imminent crash

How to check if you're affected

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Models

ACTROS RANGE

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Affected products

Product 1

MERCEDES BENZ UK LIMITED ACTROS RANGE

Units affected

4,654

Hazard

Vehicle safety system may incorrectly diagnose an imminent crash

Where it was sold

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Location 1

GB · United Kingdom

Affected area 1

GB · United Kingdom

Company & contacts

Manufacturer

Mercedes benz uk limited

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Mercedes-Benz. Contact: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).

Source & status

Source

Tier

beta

Category

VEHICLES

Official classification

DVSA recall R-2017-129

Recall details

Recall number

R-2017-129

Campaign number

SRL1704

Units affected

4,654

Source tier

beta

Documents, notices & source

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