German carmaker Mercedes-Benz is recalling nearly 1m older automobiles from around the globe due to potential issues with their braking system.
Over the weekend, the corporate mentioned it can contact homeowners of the automobiles as their brakes could also be affected by what it referred to as “superior corrosion”.
The recall impacts a complete of 993,407 automobiles, together with 70,000 in Germany.
Mercedes recalled an identical variety of automobiles final yr over a security problem with their emergency name system.
The corporate mentioned the automobiles within the newest recall had been constructed between 2004 and 2015 and had been from its ML and GL collection of SUVs and R-Class luxurious minivans.
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“Now we have discovered that in a few of these automobiles, the operate of the brake booster could possibly be affected by superior corrosion within the joint space of the housing,” Mercedes mentioned in an announcement on Saturday.
“It may be doable for a very robust or laborious braking manoeuvre to trigger mechanical harm to the brake booster,” it mentioned.
“In such a really uncommon case, it will not be doable to decelerate the car by way of the service brake. Thus the chance of a crash or harm can be elevated,” it added.
Mercedes mentioned it’s beginning the recall instantly and that the method would contain inspecting the possibly defective automobiles and changing components if mandatory.
Final February, the corporate recalled over 1m automobiles due to a defect in its “eCall” function, which alerts emergency companies of an accident and relays the car’s location.
The defect meant it was doable {that a} unsuitable location could possibly be despatched.
As a result of the issue was software-related, the repair was principally executed “over the air” – by way of a wi-fi obtain utilizing the automotive’s current cell knowledge connection.
The eCall system is obligatory within the European Union for all automobiles offered since 2018.
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