# Transport Canada recall 2022140

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: Transport Canada \(Canada\)
- Campaign number: 2022140
- Manufacturer's number: 5496315
- Reported: 2022\-03\-25
- Component: Accessories
- Notification type: Safety Mfr
- Units potentially affected: 1815

## What is wrong

Issue:

On certain vehicles, the DISTRONIC driver assistance system might not detect when the driver removes their hands from the steering wheel. If the driver has a medical emergency \(and is unable to drive or loses consciousness\), the active emergency stop assist and emergency call functions would not activate.

Note: This recall only affects vehicles equipped with a heated leather steering wheel.

Safety Risk:

If the active emergency stop and emergency call features do not work in an emergency situation, there could be an increased risk of a crash, and there could be a delay in response from emergency services.

Corrective Actions:

Mercedes\-Benz will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your vehicle to a dealership to update the software for the hand detection system.


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2021 MERCEDES\-BENZ CLS CLASS](/makes/mercedes-benz/cls-class/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 MERCEDES\-BENZ CLS CLASS](/makes/mercedes-benz/cls-class/2022/recalls.md)
- [2021 MERCEDES\-BENZ E CLASS](/makes/mercedes-benz/e-class/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 MERCEDES\-BENZ E CLASS](/makes/mercedes-benz/e-class/2022/recalls.md)
- 2021 MERCEDES\-BENZ EQS SEDAN
- 2022 MERCEDES\-BENZ EQS SEDAN
- 2021 MERCEDES\-BENZ GT CLASS
- 2022 MERCEDES\-BENZ GT CLASS
- [2021 MERCEDES\-BENZ S CLASS](/makes/mercedes-benz/s-class/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 MERCEDES\-BENZ S CLASS](/makes/mercedes-benz/s-class/2022/recalls.md)

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

JSON: [/v1/recalls/tc/2022140](/v1/recalls/tc/2022140)

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