German carmaker Mercedes-Benz is recalling nearly one million vehicles due to a potential problem with the brake system, the Federal Transport Authority (KBA) announced on Saturday.
These are models dating from the years 2004 to 2015 of the ML and GL series SUVs, as well as the R-Class luxury van, according to a KBA press release dated June 1 and published in the press on Saturday evening.
“A corrosion of the brake booster can, in the worst case, cause a break in the connection between the brake pedal and the brake system,” the KBA pointed out. “The service brake may in this case stop working,” she added.
The brake booster is a device installed in a hydraulic brake circuit that increases the force applied to the master cylinder.
A total of 993,407 vehicles are recalled worldwide, including 70,000 in Germany, according to the KBA.
Reached by AFP Mercedes-Benz did not react immediately.
