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Mercedes-Benz Group AG will recall almost a million vehicles worldwide because of a potential problem with the braking system, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported, citing the German federal transport authority.
The regulator, known as KBA, said in a statement June 1 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, according to AFP.
Mercedes confirmed the recall in a statement to AFP, 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, AFP reported.