As the oldest brand in the luxury brand BBA, Mercedes-Benz has recently sent out negative news of "semi-finished products", and the recent recalls are quite frequent, which inevitably makes people wonder, what is going on?
On February 18, 2022, Beijing Benz filed a recall plan with the State Administration for Market Regulation, and since August 15, 2022, some EQC electric vehicles with production dates from November 30, 2018 to December 15, 2021 have been recalled, totaling 10,104 units, in fact, many car companies will carry out recalls every year, but why is It worth mentioning this time, because the number of recalls is close to all sales of Mercedes-Benz EQC in this incident.
The reason for the recall is due to the manufacturing deviation of the electric drive module, in the recall vehicle there is a part of the electric drive module in the electric drive module of the cooling system there is a lack of sealing this problem, will lead to coolant penetration, coolant will also penetrate into the motor, and this is difficult for consumers to observe with the naked eye, if there is no timely discovery of the problem, and then continue to use for a long time, may reduce the insulation resistance value of the high-voltage system, coolant leakage does not meet the requirements of the relevant national mandatory standards on the sealing of the cooling system, In extreme cases, it may lead to the vehicle not being able to start, and even there are safety hazards, posing a threat to the safety of consumers' lives.
And before the recall, a number of Mercedes-Benz EQC owners have issued a joint statement on the failure of the high-volume motor of the EQC model, asking the official to take responsibility and give the owner a reasonable answer. Generally speaking, if the car has a failure, the vast majority of car companies will solve it for consumers as soon as possible, but how does Mercedes-Benz do it, Mercedes-Benz ignores the needs of consumers, when it does not exist, and then gives a program that everyone cannot accept, that is, to replace the motor, and some car owners need to replace the power battery, this consciousness is not burned out, replaced and burned, and replaced, who can accept this, so it also created a negative news of this period, fortunately, in the end Mercedes-Benz still can not withstand the pressure, The recall was carried out, which was a reassuring pill for the owners.
The final solution is to check the production sequence number of the electric drive module for the vehicle within the scope of the recall, and if the production sequence number is within the affected range, the improved electric drive module assembly will be replaced free of charge to eliminate the safety hazard, but it is worth noting that this recall will be postponed until August this year, because the electric drive module involved is produced by the overseas factories of the relevant suppliers, and there are uncertain multiple elements such as the epidemic, so, Owners of mercedes-Benz EQC will have to suffer for some time.
In addition, after the recall, the electric drive module involved will be extended from the existing warranty period of 8 years and 160,000 kilometers (limited to first-come) to 10 years and 250,000 kilometers of warranty period (limited to first-come), and the parts involved in the vehicle will be extended as compensation.
To tell the truth, as an oil to electricity model, in fact, Mercedes-Benz Benz EQC performance in the market is not very good, according to statistics, EQC in 2021 annual sales of only more than 6,000 vehicles, strictly confirmed that the achievements of Mercedes-Benz in the field of new energy is not very high, but even if the transition to electrification is not so smooth, can not take consumers to test the water, if you can not improve the quality of the problem, shoulder the responsibility, then Mercedes-Benz in the next new energy development road will only be more difficult to go.