Daimler Recalls Over 1 Million Vehicles Worldwide For Air Bag Fix

An electrostatic discharge, coupled with a broken clock spring and insufficient grounding of steering components, can lead to inadvertent deployment of the driver side front air bag in vehicles subject to the recall.

By Reuters

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Published on October 17, 2017

Highlights

The recall covers 495,000 units in US, 400,000 in UK and 76,000 in Canada
The recall also covers a few hundred thousand in Germany
The recalls covers A, B, C, and E-Class models and CLA, GLA and GLC.

Daimler AG is recalling more than 1 million Mercedes-Benz cars and sport utility vehicles worldwide to address potential unintended air bag deployments, the German automaker said on Monday. The safety recall covers 495,000 vehicles in the United States, 400,000 in Britain, 76,000 in Canada and a few hundred thousand in Germany, company officials said. The German automaker did not immediately have a complete worldwide total. As part of the fix, it said dealers would add new grounding to the steering components. Also Read: Mercedes-Benz Recalls 400,000 Cars In The UK For Potential Airbag Issue An electrostatic discharge, coupled with a broken clock spring and insufficient grounding of steering components, can lead to inadvertent deployment of the driver side front air bag in vehicles subject to the recall, the company said. A Mercedes-Benz spokeswoman in the United States said there had been "a handful of instances where drivers suffered minor abrasions or bruises" due to the air bag problem. No deaths have been reported and the issue is not related to the massive recall of Takata air bag inflators worldwide. Also Read: Daimler Could Soon Split From Mercedes-Benz. Here's Why The recalls covers some 2012-2018 model year A, B, C, and E-Class models and CLA, GLA and GLC vehicles. © Thomson Reuters 2017 (This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)