{
  "alert_number": "A12/00323/21",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-00323-21",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10003305",
  "safety_gate_published": "2021-03-04",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2021,
    "week": 10,
    "date": "2021-03-12"
  },
  "category": "Motor vehicles",
  "product": "Passenger car",
  "brand_as_notified": "Mercedes-Benz",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Mercedes-Benz",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/mercedesbenz"
    }
  ],
  "name": "C-Class",
  "model": "Type-approval numbers: e1*2001/116*0431*31 to 46, e1*2001/116*0457*25 to 37, Types: 204, 204 K",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [
    "5499723"
  ],
  "description": "Vehicles equipped with a four-cylinder petrol engine. Model series: BR 205.",
  "production_dates": "The affected vehicles were manufactured between 1 March 2014 and 28 February 2018.",
  "risk_type": "Fire",
  "risk": "The maximum permissible operating temperature of individual diodes on the alternator rectifier bridge could be exceeded and the diodes could subsequently fail. Consequently, an improper flow of current from the on-board electrical system battery through the alternator to the vehicle earth could occur.As a result, the windings in the alternator stator could be heated to such an extent that an outbreak of fire cannot be ruled out.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Recall of the product from end users",
      "operator": "Manufacturer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": null
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Manufacturer\nCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users\nDate of entry into force: Unknown",
  "company_recall_code": "5499723",
  "recall_page": "http://www.mercedes-benz.de",
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Germany",
  "country_of_origin": "Germany",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [
      "5499723"
    ],
    "batches": [
      "The affected vehicles were manufactured between 1 March 2014 and 28 February 2018."
    ],
    "models": [
      "Type-approval numbers: e1*2001/116*0431*31 to 46, e1*2001/116*0457*25 to 37, Types: 204, 204 K"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}