https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/04/daim...fire-risk.html

 

Sorry to hear. Mercedes can't get out of its own way.

Read about unintended braking on W223.

Is the MBAG ship under command?

 

It's going around. In addition to the Chevy Bolt problems and Tesla fires, Hyundai seems to be recalling more cars than it has sold in the US. https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/...fires-81954665
At least M-B is proactive, instead of waiting for the Feds to step in.

Waiting to see if I get a letter or two.

 

Like you said, not as uncommon as one would think among automakers, Hyundai and Kia have had similar recalls and been expanding the range for years, and back in 2017 my wife’s 335i was part of a 1-Million Car recall for Fire Issues.

Apparently this recall/issue does not affect US cars.

 

Yup and from another thread it seems like the only affected vehicles are the diesel ones.

 

Diesel only:

"The Federal Motor Transport Authority lists a grand total of 848,517 vehicles worldwide, of which 239,832 were sold in Germany. Recall number 2090008 is currently monitored by the KBA because Mercedes-Benz still hasn’t sourced the replacement parts needed to fix the problem.

The root cause for the fire risk has been traced to a leakage in the coolant pump. Mercedes-Benz intends to replace the switchover valve that switches the flow of coolant from one pipeline to another. As part of the recall, the German automaker will also perform a software update on these vehicles.

Daimler AG expects to call back the first vehicles by the end of January 2022, but only time will tell if the Three-Pointed Star is able to source sufficient components by then. Oh, and by the way, Merc recommends driving these vehicles “particularly carefully” until they're fixed.

In alphabetical order, affected nameplates include the C-Class, CLS-Class, E-Class, G-Class, GLC-Class, GLE-Class, GLS-Class, and S-Class fitted with the OM 654 four-cylinder diesel or the OM 656 six-cylinder diesel."

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/m...de-178387.html