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Passenger car / Van - Sprinter – Mercedes-Benz

Serious risk Fire

Published by Safety Gate 1 Apr 2010In the weekly report of 2 Apr 2010 (week 13, 2010)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 2 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car / Van - Sprinter
Brand
Mercedes-Benz (612 alerts)
Type / model
Vehicles manufactured between May 2006 and April 2009. <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/images/rapex/2010-w13/2010-w13_30-vin.pdf">See attached list of VIN-numbers</a>
Description
Passenger car or van.
Risk
The product poses a risk of fire because the filter of the engine oil separator may become obstructed with dirt particles, increasing the pressure in the crankcase and leading to the possibility that oil could escape onto hot parts in the engine compartment.
Measures
  • Voluntary corrective actions taken by the manufacturer
Notifying country
Greece
Country of origin
Germany
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0600/10
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2010-13 (XML)
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