Vehicle profile
2006 Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class CLS500
Coupe · Compact Cars
Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 302 hp
- Cylinders
- 8-cyl
- Displacement
- 5L
- Fuel
- Premium gasoline
- Transmission
- Automatic 7-spd
- Drive
- RWD
- Body class
- Compact Cars
- Doors
- 4
Federal recall campaigns
1 federal recall campaign.
How this compares
- vs 2006 Compact Cars
- 0.3× the 3.36 campaigns averaged across that group (fewer than typical)
- Most-affected system
- SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC — 1 of 1 (100%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 2006 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
05V133000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICON CERTAIN VEHICLES, THE SENSOTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL (SBC) SYSTEM MAY PREMATURELY SHIFT TO THE HYDRAULIC BACK-UP FUNCTION MODE, DUE TO DETERIORATION OF THE WIRING HARNESS CONNECTION, OR DUE TO PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE HYDRAULIC PUMP.
Consequence: IN THE HYDRAULIC BACK-UP MODE, THE DRIVER HAS BRAKING POWER SUFFICIENT TO STOP THE VEHICLE, ALTHOUGH GREATER BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE IS REQUIRED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVEL WILL BE NOTICEABLY LONGER.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL INSTALL A BRACKET AND REPLACEMENT GROUND WIRE TO THE SBC PUMP UNIT ON ALL VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE. ADDITIONALLY DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE THE SBC PUMP UNIT IN SL VEHICLES PRODUCED DURING A LIMITED PRODUCTION PERIOD. THE RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 8, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT MERCEDES-BENZ AT 1-800-367-6372.
2005-04-01
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"year": 2006,
"make": "Mercedes-Benz",
"model": "CLS-Class",
"trim": "CLS500",
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"horsepower": 302,
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"drive_type": "RWD",
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}
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