For this reason, Mercedes-Benz decided to withdraw 2.6 million cars in China. The action on the service will affect both imported cars and models assembled in China.
The information is from Bloomberg, citing the Chinese government’s market regulation agency. According to the department, the reason for the download campaign is related to software problems in German cars.
According to Reuters, due to a malfunction, the system may send incorrect geodata to the emergency services after an accident and as a result rescuers will arrive at the wrong place.
There is still no official position from Daimler on this large-scale campaign. In addition, it is not specified which specific models of Mercedes-Benz will be withdrawn. All that is known at the moment is that the withdrawal campaign will take place in several stages and will affect cars manufactured from January 2016 to November 2020.
In February this year, for a similar reason, the German company decided to withdraw 1.3 million of its cars in the United States. The service campaign in this country will start in early April.
In addition, as reported by Die Presse, Mercedes-Benz has also decided to withdraw 264,393 vehicles worldwide due to the risk of fire. This promotion applies to the C-Klasse and GLC models produced between 2016 and 2020. Most of the defective vehicles (120,766 units) are located in Germany itself.
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