Mercedes-Benz recalls 1 million new cars worldwide due to fire hazard

According to foreign media reports, Daimler Group recently announced that it will recall more than 1 million newly produced cars worldwide. It is reported that the main reason for this recall is that the car fuse failure is prone to fire, and so far, it has caused 51 fire accidents.

According to Daimler's official announcement, no casualties were caused in the 51 accidents. The recall will be officially launched in the United States in July this year. The models involved in the recall include 2015 to 2017 C-Class, E-Class, CLA sedan, GLA and GLC SUV. Daimler said that the failure mainly occurred when the engine could not start normally. In this case, repeatedly starting the engine may cause the current limiter in the starter motor to overheat, thereby fusing some parts near the current limiter.

The recall covers a total of 307,629 vehicles in the U.S., which is less than the 40,000 Mercedes-Benz reported to the U.S. government. Mercedes-Benz said that there were no major faults in the vehicles recalled outside the U.S. 30 of the 51 fires occurred in the U.S.

In addition, all models currently in production will be repaired, and the problem cars still in dealerships will have an extra fuse installed before they are sold. A Mercedes spokesman said that the faulty cars in stock will not be sold without being repaired.

Mercedes-Benz and Daimler said they would begin notifying U.S. owners in late March but did not say when they would notify owners in other regions.

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