Mercedes-Benz Drops Bombshell With 1-Million Car Recall For Brake Failure

The German-based company makes among the finest automobiles in the world but has identified a problem with an issue it refers to as “advanced corrosion” in metal braking system components. And this is a large cross-section of model years affected from 2004 all the way to 2015. The focus of the recall is not around the brakes themselves but on the hydraulic brake booster with rust forming around it. Mercedes went on to clarify what the recall is and how the company will address the issue after notices are sent out.

“We have found that in some of those vehicles, the function of the brake booster could be affected by advanced corrosion in the joint area of the housing,” Mercedes-Benz said in an official statement. “It might be possible for a particularly strong or hard braking maneuver to cause mechanical damage to the brake booster,” the MB statement added.