London, Europe Brief News- Mercedes-Benz Group AG will recall almost a million vehicles worldwide because of a potential problem with the braking system.
Mercedes revealed that the affected cars were built between 2004 and 2015 and belong to the ML and GL sports utility vehicle series as well as the R-Class luxury minivan.
Mercedes confirmed the recall, saying a “particularly strong or hard” braking maneuver could cause mechanical damage to the vehicles’ brake booster in “rare cases” of very severe corrosion.
More than 993,000 vehicles were being recalled worldwide, of which 70,000 were in Germany.
Mercedes recalled a similar number of cars last year over a safety issue with their emergency call system.
“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 said in a statement on Saturday.
“It might be possible for a particularly strong or hard braking manoeuvre to cause mechanical damage to the brake booster,” it said.
“In such a very rare case, it would not be possible to decelerate the vehicle via the service brake. Thus the risk of a crash or injury would be increased,” it added.
Mercedes said it is starting the recall immediately and that the process would involve inspecting the potentially faulty vehicles and replacing parts if necessary.
