Passenger car – Mercedes-Benz Sprinter – DaimlerChrysler

Serious risk Fire

Product

Passenger car – Mercedes-Benz Sprinter

Brand

Daimler Chrysler (10 alerts)

Brand as notified

DaimlerChrysler AG

Type / model

The recall concerns vehicles Sprinter light trucks, equipped with diesel engines, built between August 2006 and September 2006, whose starter wiring harnesses were produced on 31 July 2006. Only vehicles with diesel engine and built between August 2006 and September 2006, whose starter wiring harnesses were produced on 31 July 2006, are concerned.

Risk

The product poses a serious risk of fire due to a manufacturing fault on the wiring harness from the starter to the alternator, the cable of the positive line may detach from the cable lug. If this cable detaches from the cable lug, the power supply to the vehicle will fail. In the worst case, a short circuit with flying sparks in the engine compartment may result upon contact with a component of the engine or the body.

Measures

• Voluntary corrective actions taken by the manufacturer

Notifying country

Greece

Country of origin

Germany

Alert type

Consumer

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