Massive Mercedes fault in Poland. 25 thousand cars called for service
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Owners of over 25 thousand Mercedes registered in Poland will have to go to the service. The vehicles may have experienced a momentary drop in power supply. Some of the cars have also been found to have faulty brackets, which can cause the roof rails to fall off and the trailer connector to break.
According to information reported to the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, a momentary drop in the power supply to the vehicle’s electrical network could result in the vehicle’s transmitted position not matching the current position at the time of an emergency call via the electronic system. As a result, the arrival of emergency vehicles may be delayed, which in turn may increase the consequences of an accident. However, as the manufacturer informs, the defect does not affect other functions of the automatic or manual call for help.
Since the vehicle is designed with a dual-circuit braking system, the braking distance would increase in the event of a brake circuit failure, particularly if ABS/ESP control is used. In the extremely unlikely event that the vehicle was equipped with a front axle brake caliper bracket that was not manufactured to specification on both sides of the front axle, and the brake caliper brackets on both sides of the front axle were to fail simultaneously in such a vehicle, the failure would affect both brake circuits. In such a condition, the vehicle driver would not be able to use the service brake to decelerate the vehicle as intended, but could only do so using the parking brake - reads the communication sent to the UOKiK.
On the Polish market, the repair campaign covered 28 vehicles and the defect has been detected in 199 vehicles. Their owners will be notified by the manufacturer to report to the service center where the necessary repairs will be carried out.
