One million Mercedes to be removed globally after 51 vehicles locate fire
The new Mercedes-Benz 2015 C-Class is displayed during a private preview for media during a Westin Book Cadillac Hotel in Detroit, Michigan Jan 12, 2014, on a eve of a 2014 North American International Auto Show. PHOTO: REUTERS
DETROIT: Daimler AG pronounced it will remember one million newer-model Mercedes-Benz vehicles worldwide due to a risk of fire, after 51 fires were reported.
The German association pronounced no injuries or deaths were reported relating to a vehicles that it will start recalling in a US marketplace in Jul when tools turn available.
A repair has been implemented in a prolongation of new vehicles and vehicles on dealers lots will be bound before they are sold, a association said. The emanate relates to a potentially inadequate fuse.
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“Any influenced vehicles in register will not be sole until they can be given with a additional fuse,” pronounced a Mercedes-Benz spokesperson.
Of a million vehicles to be recalled, 307,629 are in a United States, that is 40,000 units reduction than Mercedes-Benz reported to US regulators.
The association did not immediately have a relapse of where vehicles will be removed outward of a United States.
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The United States is among a 3 biggest markets for Mercedes-Benz, a others being China and Germany.
Of a 51 fires, 30 were reported in a US market, a Mercedes-Benz US orator said.
The remember affects newer models, including those from a 2017 indication year.
Mercedes-Benz and Daimler pronounced it would start to forewarn the US business late in March. It didn’t contend when owners in other markets would be notified.
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