{
  "alert_number": "A12/00415/20",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-00415-20",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10000806",
  "safety_gate_published": "2020-03-11",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2020,
    "week": 12,
    "date": "2020-03-20"
  },
  "category": "Motor vehicles",
  "product": "Passenger van / Light commercial vehicle",
  "brand_as_notified": "Mercedes-Benz",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Mercedes-Benz",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/mercedesbenz"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Sprinter",
  "model": "Type-approval numbers: e1*2001/116*0354*22, *23, *0424*15, e1*2007/46*0296*11, *12, *0301*18, *19, *0304*06, *0305*11, *1760*00, *01, *1762*00, *01, Types: 906AC35, 906AC35/4X4, 906BB50, 906BB35, 906BB35/4x4 906BB50/4x4, KL3A4, KL3A5",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Passenger van / Light commercial vehicle under Mercedes-Benz recall code: VS3HELI (8292253).",
  "production_dates": "The affected vehicles were manufactured between  8 February and 19 June 2019.",
  "risk_type": "Injuries",
  "risk": "A defect in the control-unit software of the body control module may cause the rear lights to fail or to be lit too weakly if the light selector switch is operated quickly.This may prevent subsequent traffic from detecting the vehicle, increasing the risk of an accident.",
  "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": "VS3HELI (8292253)",
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Germany",
  "country_of_origin": "Germany",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [
      "VS3HELI (8292253)"
    ],
    "batches": [
      "The affected vehicles were manufactured between 8 February and 19 June 2019."
    ],
    "models": [
      "Type-approval numbers: e1*2001/116*0354*22, *23, *0424*15, e1*2007/46*0296*11, *12, *0301*18, *19, *0304*06, *0305*11, *1760*00, *01, *1762*00, *01",
      "Types: 906AC35, 906AC35/4X4, 906BB50, 906BB35, 906BB35/4x4 906BB50/4x4, KL3A4, KL3A5"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}