2022 Mercedes-Benz EQA Electric · JSZ 8903

DVSA campaign R/2025/106 covers 5,806 UK EQA and EQB cars built between 22 September 2021 and 30 July 2024 because Mercedes concluded that on certain 243-platform vehicles a risk of fire from the high-voltage battery (EB330) could not be ruled out. The remedy is a battery management software update, and until it was applied owners were instructed to charge only to a maximum of 80 per cent. European recall data ties the same action to 33,705 EQA and EQB cars worldwide, monitored by the KBA under reference 14775R, with short-circuiting inside the pack as the failure mode. A used EQA bought without this work done is current-limited and uninsurable in the worst case.

The same MFA2 steering software campaign that caught the GLB and B-Class also covers 17,718 UK EQAs. DVSA records the backup function of the steering software as not meeting specification, meaning that if an unrelated hardware fault occurs the power steering support can be impaired and a loss of steerability cannot be ruled out; the fix is an update to the electric steering software. European recall data for the identical campaign (KBA 013692, manufacturer code 5499117) covers 528,640 right-hand-drive A-Class, B-Class, CLA, EQA, EQB, GLA and GLB cars built 2017-2024, so the population is enormous.