Mientras los fabricantes de automóviles alemanes se enfrentan Numerosas demandas por el diésel Debido a los escándalos de emisiones y a los problemas de fabricación, Mercedes-Benz USA informó recientemente que más de 136 unidades del AMG GT S 2016 tendrían que devolverse a los concesionarios para revisar el eje de transmisión de fibra de carbono.

Ahora es un recall oficial…

Last October, Mercedes received a formal complaint from an owner of an AMG GT S over some strange sounds coming underneath his 2-seater V8 bi-turbo front mid-engine coupe. After that, in the dealer’s service workshop, it was discovered that the connection between the carbon-fiber driveshaft and flange was actually separated. That meant it needed replacement. On that case, Daimler AG treated the matter as only one individual instance. However, it turned out that this was not to be a single and isolated event. It was only a matter of months that Mercedes would become aware of another two similar cases, one in Saudi-Arabia and one in Japan.

In the following November and December of 2015, however, Mercedes-Benz was made aware of the two GT S models exhibiting the same transmission malfunction, complemented by grinding noises coming from the driveshaft in Saudi Arabia and Japan.

Mercedes then began a rather comprehensive investigation into the matter.

La investigación de Mercedes pronto reveló que, si bien los ejes de transmisión estaban completamente bien e intactos, era la unión entre el eje de transmisión de fibra de carbono y el motor y/o la brida de la transmisión lo que estaba fallando.

Mercedes concluded that sometime during the assembly process, the bond between the carbon-fiber driveshaft and the engine was failing because of loose adhesive that was not properly applied.

“Si la unión adhesiva falla y se produce una pérdida de torsión en las ruedas traseras, los conductores pueden no poder mover el vehículo o pueden experimentar una desaceleración si el vehículo está en movimiento, lo que aumenta el riesgo de un choque del vehículo”. Mercedes-Benz dijo (Mercedes USA).

So far, there have been a reported 136 examples affected by this recall in the United States, which are models that were manufactured between June 1, 2015, and July 24, 2015. This recall campaign has just officially launched on July 1, and as such, all Mercedes dealers will inspect the driveshaft and replace it if necessary.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has gotten involved, too.

Además del retiro, la NHTSA emitió una orden de suspensión de venta para el Mercedes-AMG GT S 2016.

Upon further investigation under the NHTSA, it seems that anticorrosive residues weren’t sufficiently removed by the supplier. That is what led the driveshaft to separate from the flange and spin freely, resulting in a loss of drive between the engine and the transaxle.

As of this writing, neither Mercedes-Benz USA nor Daimler AG has found any injuries relating to this irksome issue.

Se recomienda a los propietarios de un Mercedes AMG que se pongan en contacto con el servicio de atención al cliente del fabricante de automóviles al 1-800-367-6372.