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German craftsmanship is usually given adjectives such as "rigor" and "craftsman spirit". However, in today's mature manufacturing industry and the process of scale, Germans also make mistakes, such as the recent problem of imported Mercedes-Benz being "misinstalled and missed" by real hammers. has been recalled by the customs.

A few days ago, the General Administration of Customs issued a warning notice on the hidden danger of mismatching of ternary catalytic converters in some imported Mercedes-Benz cars. it is understood that when the Customs recently carried out environmental protection verification on imported cars, it was found that the models of ternary catalytic converters of imported cars, including Mercedes-Benz GLE, GLE Coupe and GLS, were not consistent with the public models of environmental protection. According to the investigation, 279 cars have been delivered to users, 29 cars are in stock at dealers, and a total of 308 imported Mercedes-Benz cars have problems.

Mercedes-Benz (China) Automobile sales Co., Ltd. said that the reason for the mismatch of ternary catalytic converters was that the factory's old vehicle feeding IT system failed to check the consistency of the initial models of GLE, GLE Coupe and GLS, resulting in mixed installation of three-yuan catalytic converters for some vehicles. The solution is to effectively eliminate it by replacing the correct ternary catalytic converter.

At present, the General Administration of Customs has asked local customs to suspend the release of problematic vehicles in stock at ports, closely supervise enterprises to implement technical rectification, confirm the effect of rectification and pass the re-inspection before they can be released. For problem vehicles that have entered the domestic market, the General Administration of Customs has urged enterprises to take the initiative to contact users and implement risk mitigation measures as soon as possible in accordance with the same requirements.

As a matter of fact, it is not the first time that Mercedes-Benz has made a mistake, this time it is wrong, and the last time it was missed.

In August 2018, Mercedes-Benz (China) Automobile sales Co., Ltd. filed a recall plan with the General Administration of Customs, recalling a total of 164imported E 43 AMG 4MATIC vehicles.

The reason is that these vehicles are not equipped with active braking assistance systems. That is, the active braking system that should have been lost in the original factory, such as distance warning, autonomous braking and brake assistance depending on the situation can not be used, increasing the risk of collision. Mercedes-Benz explained that it was caused by an error in the production documents. At present, there is one complaint and claim.

Mercedes-Benz said it would install an active brake assist system for the affected vehicles to eliminate hidden dangers.

In addition, imported Mercedes-Benz about this kind of situation is not uncommon, many netizens reported that they encountered the problem of misinstallation.

In March this year, there were consumer complaints that they spent more than 1.4 million to buy an imported Mercedes-Benz S450 sedan, which was originally imported from Germany, and unexpectedly found that the doors on both sides were different, with chrome-plated decorative strips on the left side and no sports kit on the right side of the door. there are obviously two versions of the door.

4S store explained: the manufacturer installed it wrong. The car owner asked the German manufacturer to issue a certificate, and if it was confirmed that the German manufacturer had made a mistake in assembly, it would be recognized, which means that it was out of print and that the incident would not be investigated.

Another Weibo V reflected earlier that a S65L AMG in the store was out of print with the AMG Afat Bach badge on the front armrest and the Maybach logo on the rear armrest cover.

In fact, there are many such incidents of misinstallation and leakage, some of which are due to the production of manufacturers, and some of them are caused by transportation damage and artificial replacement in the later period. If it is the wrong installation by the manufacturer, it should not be very wrong. In general, the new car will go through a series of strict checks, and all parts and operations will be recorded by the system, and the wrong installation should be given feedback soon. Now that the manufacturer has admitted his mistake, it can show that there are loopholes in production and manufacturing.

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