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Passenger car/Van Viano, Vito – Mercedes-Benz

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 29 Feb 2012In the weekly report of 9 Mar 2012 (week 10, 2012)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 2 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car/Van Viano, Vito
Brand
Mercedes-Benz (612 alerts)
Type / model
Type: 639 EC type-approval: e1*2007/46*0457, e1*2007/46*0458, e1*2007/46*0459 The vehicles affected were produced in September 2011.
Description
Passenger car / van
Risk
null Due to an error in the assembly process, the screws for the shock absorber strut on the front-axle steering knuckle did not achieve the specified tightening torque. Insufficient tightening torque can result in shearing of the screws in question. The altered chassis geometry can lead to poorer vehicle handling which could lead to a road accident.
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
Spain
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0373/12
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2012-010 (XML)
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