spkennyuk
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Mark. I'm grateful that you not only started the thread that brought this issue to my attention but also continue to fight on behalf of us all. I'm suprised by some of the less favourable comments that have appeared in the last few days. I have mentioned before that some other manufacturers have had wishbone issues that have resulted in a recall to inspect and replace.
Another two have come to my attention today. Subaru which were subject to a recall and inspection followed by either a coating or replacement. Steel arms replaced with alloy arms.
The more interesting one is Mercedes. It's interesting as there were only 93 vehicles involved but the recall was still issued. It's also interesting because its the same issue raised in this thread and the result was a recall to inspect and replace. Details below of the Mercedes recall.
MERCEDES BENZ BUS announced a problem with the CC/TC 400 ANF TOURO affecting a total of 93 vehicles.
There is a possibility of the front wishbones cracking which if ignored could, in the worst case, lead to front suspension detachment. Vehicles built from 01/01/2005 to 12/31/2006 are at risk.
The following remedial action is necessary to address this problem. Recall the vehicles that are likely to be affected to carry out a specific check sequence and then to inspect the wishbones. Where any signs of cracking is found both the wishbones are to be replaced.
I'm not suggesting this is a common problem across many manufacturers. However there are at least three other manufactures that have had issues with cracking wishbones and all three have issued recalls and Mercedes in particular for lowers numbers than we are talking about across all 3200/4200/GS and variants of them.
Hopefully the news from Maserati amd DVSA will be positive, but if it isn't then hopefully we can use the Mercedes example and others as a point of reference for previous action for the same issue.
Another two have come to my attention today. Subaru which were subject to a recall and inspection followed by either a coating or replacement. Steel arms replaced with alloy arms.
The more interesting one is Mercedes. It's interesting as there were only 93 vehicles involved but the recall was still issued. It's also interesting because its the same issue raised in this thread and the result was a recall to inspect and replace. Details below of the Mercedes recall.
MERCEDES BENZ BUS announced a problem with the CC/TC 400 ANF TOURO affecting a total of 93 vehicles.
There is a possibility of the front wishbones cracking which if ignored could, in the worst case, lead to front suspension detachment. Vehicles built from 01/01/2005 to 12/31/2006 are at risk.
The following remedial action is necessary to address this problem. Recall the vehicles that are likely to be affected to carry out a specific check sequence and then to inspect the wishbones. Where any signs of cracking is found both the wishbones are to be replaced.
I'm not suggesting this is a common problem across many manufacturers. However there are at least three other manufactures that have had issues with cracking wishbones and all three have issued recalls and Mercedes in particular for lowers numbers than we are talking about across all 3200/4200/GS and variants of them.
Hopefully the news from Maserati amd DVSA will be positive, but if it isn't then hopefully we can use the Mercedes example and others as a point of reference for previous action for the same issue.
