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Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 16 Jun 2005In the weekly report of 17 Jun 2005 (week 24, 2005)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Description
“Smart” motor vehicles (Smart fortwo, smart fortwo cabrio - previously smart city-coupé, smart cabrio), manufactured between 1998 and 2000 (MC01, EC type approval: e1*96/79*0080*00 to e1*98/15*0080*12).
Risk
Risk of injury. One of the supporting hinges can fall out as a result of wear and the front wheel in question can no longer be driven; this makes the car largely unmanoeuvrable.
Measures
  • Voluntary recall from consumers and corrective actions
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
Unknown
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0304/05
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2005-24 (XML)
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