The Nationwide Shopper Fee has introduced a recall of sure Mercedes-Benz GLE (W167) fashions, citing security considerations linked to a high-voltage starter generator fault.
The fee mentioned the recall impacts automobiles produced from 2022 thus far. Mercedes-Benz SA informed the fee the difficulty stems from the “automobile’s processor within the management unit of the high-voltage starter generator” which “could expertise sporadic overload”.
“Consequently, the system’s monitoring operate may incorrectly detect a defective element within the high-voltage starter alternator,” the fee mentioned.
In such circumstances, the generator’s features could also be deactivated, presumably resulting in “an sudden lack of propulsion energy with out warning”, thereby growing the chance of an accident.
Hear the fee’s Phetho Ntaba:
