Mercedes' faulty steering column components are causing problems for other car manufacturers as well, the latest in line to suffer being British manufacturer Aston Martin. According to a report by Reuters, Aston Martin will recall all 3,873 DB11 models built since 2015 due to an issue that may cause unintended airbag deployment.
According to Daimler, which last year uncovered a series of faults in the steering column assembly (parts of it shared with Aston Martin and Nissan, for its Infiniti models) says it found inadequate grounding that makes the circuitry prone to electrostatic charges. This, in turn, can lead to the above mentioned unintended airbag deployments, possibly hurting the drivers.
The German company already reported some incidents in which drivers suffered minor injuries due to this problem. Although Aston Martin has not yet experienced such issues, the British will nonetheless “address the issue.” As usual, the repairs will be made free of charge and are expected to take about two hours for each car.
The problem to be fixed by Aston Martin is part of the issues that made Daimler announce last year the recall of some 1 million vehicles (2012-2018 A-, CLA-, B-, C-, E-, GLA-, and GLC-Class models). In all, the Germans have identified a series of three problems: an electrostatic discharge, a broken clock spring and insufficient grounding of steering components. The same issue made Infiniti recall 17,500 GLA-based QX30 models.
At the end of 2017, Aston Martin announced it will recall DB9, Virage, DBS, and Rapide models manufactured between 2009 and 2016 due to both a powertrain problem that caused the transmission park pawl not to engage and an increased risk of fire due to the battery cables.
Fixing the problems announced last year will begin next month, but an official recall date for the airbag issue is yet to be made public.
The German company already reported some incidents in which drivers suffered minor injuries due to this problem. Although Aston Martin has not yet experienced such issues, the British will nonetheless “address the issue.” As usual, the repairs will be made free of charge and are expected to take about two hours for each car.
The problem to be fixed by Aston Martin is part of the issues that made Daimler announce last year the recall of some 1 million vehicles (2012-2018 A-, CLA-, B-, C-, E-, GLA-, and GLC-Class models). In all, the Germans have identified a series of three problems: an electrostatic discharge, a broken clock spring and insufficient grounding of steering components. The same issue made Infiniti recall 17,500 GLA-based QX30 models.
At the end of 2017, Aston Martin announced it will recall DB9, Virage, DBS, and Rapide models manufactured between 2009 and 2016 due to both a powertrain problem that caused the transmission park pawl not to engage and an increased risk of fire due to the battery cables.
Fixing the problems announced last year will begin next month, but an official recall date for the airbag issue is yet to be made public.