Product recall: Mercedes-Benz Actros and Arocs

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has issued a product safety recall for Mercedes-Benz Actros and Arocs trucks spanning models years 2014 to 2018.

The trucks, which were sold nationally between November 11, 2014, and February 20, 2018, potentially have a faulty driver's side frontal airbag inflator.

The recall applies to a total of 1067 vehicles.

Details of the recall are as follows:

Airbag inflator: As it gets older, a combination of high temperatures and humidity can cause the airbag inflator propellant to degrade. If an affected vehicle is involved in a collision triggering the airbag, the metal inflator housing may explode/rupture under too much internal pressure.

In the event that a defective airbag inflator ruptures, metal fragments may propel out through the airbag cushion towards the vehicle occupants causing serious injury or fatality.

Owners with affected vehicles will be contacted by mail and advised to make arrangements with a Mercedes-Benz truck dealership to have the airbag fitted to their vehicle(s) replaced at their earliest convenience. The affected airbag will be replaced with a new airbag free of charge. The replacement airbag is not a like-for-like replacement.

For more information see your nearest Mercedes-Benz Trucks dealerships or click here to view the full ACCC recall notice.