{
  "alert_number": "0680/07",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/0680-07",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-12384",
  "safety_gate_published": "2007-07-12",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2007,
    "week": 27,
    "date": "2007-07-13"
  },
  "category": "Motor vehicles",
  "product": "Passenger car - steering system in Smart Fortwo",
  "brand_as_notified": "Daimler Chrysler AG",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Daimler Chrysler",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/daimlerchrysler"
    }
  ],
  "name": null,
  "model": "Smart Fortwo",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "The recall concerns Smart Fortwo vehicles, built between May 2007 and June 2007.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Injuries",
  "risk": "The product poses a serious risk of injuries because during the assembly process by the supplier of the mechanical steering (Delphi) it could be that a circlip (Seeger retaining ring) is not correctly fitted in all cases, which means that a perfect fit of this circlip in the groove provided is not always guaranteed. In the worst case this could result in migration of the ball bearing including the steering shaft during steering. This would mean loss of the connection between the steering pinion and the steering rack. The front wheels are then no longer steerable.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Voluntary corrective actions taken by the manufacturer",
      "operator": "Other",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": null
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other\nCategory of measure(s): Voluntary corrective actions taken by the manufacturer\nDate of entry into force: Unknown",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Greece",
  "country_of_origin": "Germany",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "Smart Fortwo"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}