{"source":"tc","country":"ca","campaign":"2021507","date":"2021-08-11","owner_notified":null,"manufacturer":null,"component":"Steering","summary":"Issue:\nOn certain vehicles, the power steering control unit may corrode. If this happens, moisture could enter the control unit and cause it to fail. This could cause a loss of power steering assist.\nNote: This is an expansion of Mercedes-Benz recall 4694202 (Transport Canada Recall No. 2020-617).\nThis recall only affects vehicles that were originally sold or ever registered in areas of heavy road salt usage (Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland & Labrador).\n\nSafety Risk:\nA loss of power steering assist would result in a sudden increase in steering effort, especially at low vehicle speeds. This could increase the risk of a crash.\n\nCorrective Actions:\nMercedes-Benz will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your vehicle to a dealer to replace the power steering control unit.","consequence":null,"remedy":null,"notes":null,"mfr_campaign":"4694203","part_number":null,"units":2431,"completion":null,"do_not_drive":null,"park_outside":null,"notification":"Safety Mfr","french":{"component":"Direction","notification":"Sécurité - fabricant","summary":"Problème :\nSur certains véhicules, le module de commande de la direction assistée pourrait se corroder. Si cela se produit, de l'humidité pourrait s'infiltrer dans le module de commande et causer une défaillance. Cela pourrait entraîner une perte d'assistance de la direction.\nRemarque : Le présent rappel s'ajoute au rappel 4694202 de Mercedes-Benz (le rappel 2020-617 de Transports Canada).\nCe rappel concerne seulement les véhicules ayant été immatriculés ou vendus à l'origine dans des régions où on épand beaucoup de sel sur les routes en hiver (Ontario, Québec, Nouveau-Brunswick, Nouvelle-Écosse, Île-du-Prince-Édouard et Terre-Neuve-et-Labarador).\n\nRisques pour la sécurité :\nUne perte de l'assistance de la direction entraînerait une augmentation soudaine de l'effort à exercer sur le volant, surtout à basse vitesse, ce qui pourrait augmenter les risques d'accident.\n\nMesures correctives :\nMercedes-Benz doit aviser les propriétaires par la poste et leur demander d'amener leur véhicule chez un concessionnaire pour remplacer le module de commande de la direction assistée."},"vehicles":[{"year":2013,"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"B CLASS","vehicle_id":null,"match":null,"built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2014,"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"B CLASS","vehicle_id":"2014_mercedes-benz_b-class","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2015,"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"B CLASS","vehicle_id":"2015_mercedes-benz_b-class","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2016,"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"B CLASS","vehicle_id":"2016_mercedes-benz_b-class","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2017,"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"B CLASS","vehicle_id":"2017_mercedes-benz_b-class","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2018,"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"B CLASS","vehicle_id":"2018_mercedes-benz_b-class","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2019,"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"B CLASS","vehicle_id":"2019_mercedes-benz_b-class","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2020,"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"B CLASS","vehicle_id":"2020_mercedes-benz_b-class","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2013,"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"CLA CLASS","vehicle_id":null,"match":null,"built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2014,"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"CLA CLASS","vehicle_id":"2014_mercedes-benz_cla-class","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2015,"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"CLA CLASS","vehicle_id":"2015_mercedes-benz_cla-class","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2016,"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"CLA CLASS","vehicle_id":"2016_mercedes-benz_cla-class","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2017,"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"CLA CLASS","vehicle_id":"2017_mercedes-benz_cla-class","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2018,"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"CLA CLASS","vehicle_id":"2018_mercedes-benz_cla-class","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2019,"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"CLA CLASS","vehicle_id":"2019_mercedes-benz_cla-class","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2020,"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"CLA CLASS","vehicle_id":"2020_mercedes-benz_cla-class","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2013,"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"GLA CLASS","vehicle_id":null,"match":null,"built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2014,"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"GLA CLASS","vehicle_id":null,"match":null,"built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2015,"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"GLA CLASS","vehicle_id":"2015_mercedes-benz_gla-class","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2016,"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"GLA CLASS","vehicle_id":"2016_mercedes-benz_gla-class","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2017,"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"GLA CLASS","vehicle_id":"2017_mercedes-benz_gla-class","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2018,"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"GLA CLASS","vehicle_id":"2018_mercedes-benz_gla-class","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2019,"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"GLA CLASS","vehicle_id":"2019_mercedes-benz_gla-class","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2020,"make":"MERCEDES-BENZ","model":"GLA CLASS","vehicle_id":"2020_mercedes-benz_gla-class","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null}],"may_apply":true,"as_of":"2026-10-19","lookup":{"nhtsa":"https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls","tc":"https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng","maker":null},"attribution":["Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada."],"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/tc/2021507"}