Transmission Cable Problem, Mercedes-AMG Withdraw Thousands Of Car Units In US

Mercedes-AMG E 53 4 Matic+ Couple. (Doc. Mercedes-Benz)

JAKARTA - Bad news comes for lovers and owners of the Mercedes-AMG model in the United States. Some models have the potential to experience problems related to the transmission cable connection that was not properly fixed in the previous recall. This triggered the recall of a number of Mercedes-AMG models in the US due to problems with the transmission system.

Launching Carscoops, Thursday, June 27, the German brand revealed that water can enter the transmission wirelessness connector, which can cause a short circuit. This could cause an excess of thermal load on the connector when the vehicle is parked and increase the risk of fire. Affected vehicle owners will be warned with a '4MATIC malfunction' message on the instrument cluster.

The first recall involved 16,967 units of vehicles in the US produced between August 29, 2017 and April 20, 2022. The affected vehicles included CLS 53 4 Matic+ 2019-2021, E 53 4 Matic+ Sedan 2019-2023, E 53 4 Matic+ Coupe 2019-2023, E 53 4 Matic+ Cabriolet 2019-2023, GT 43 4 Matic+ 2021-2023, and GT 53 4 Matic+ 2019-2023.

The second recall involves a 300-year C model produced from 2022 to 2023. Vehicle owners will be called for repairs by dealers because the bolts holding the power lines into pre-screen boxes on passenger footwells may not have been properly tightened. If not tightened properly, the connection resistance can increase and cause a temperature spike, potentially increasing the risk of fire.

In fact, there is a possibility that vehicles can experience sudden power loss so that they have the potential to be completely dead. Car manufacturers have instructed dealers to check the cable circuit connection to the pre-screen box and rework it if necessary.

Vehicle owners will be notified of this before August 13, and dealers will prepare spare parts or replacement devices to reduce unwanted risks