{
  "alert_number": "0373/12",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/0373-12",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/26369",
  "safety_gate_published": "2012-02-29",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2012,
    "week": 10,
    "date": "2012-03-09"
  },
  "category": "Motor vehicles",
  "product": "Passenger car/Van Viano, Vito",
  "brand_as_notified": "Mercedes-Benz",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Mercedes-Benz",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/mercedesbenz"
    }
  ],
  "name": null,
  "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.",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Passenger car / van",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Injuries",
  "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.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [],
  "measures_as_published": null,
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Germany",
  "country_of_origin": "Spain",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "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."
    ]
  },
  "licence": "Weekly-report fields CC0 1.0; official_record and counterfeit: © European Union, CC BY 4.0",
  "source": "EU Safety Gate. recallarchive is independent and not affiliated with the European Commission; the official notice is authoritative."
}