{
  "alert_number": "A12/00902/20",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-00902-20",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10001431",
  "safety_gate_published": "2020-06-17",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2020,
    "week": 26,
    "date": "2020-06-26"
  },
  "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 number: e1*2001/116*0431*49-53 Type: 204",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [
    "4290201"
  ],
  "description": "Model series BR 205.",
  "production_dates": "The affected vehicles were manufactured between 13 September 2018 and 6 November 2019.",
  "risk_type": "Injuries",
  "risk": "The brake discs installed on the front axle may be too small (in diameter and thickness) and would not sit symmetrically in the brake calliper. As a result, the brake lining can wear out and a gap between the piston and the sealing ring can be formed, allowing brake fluid to leak out.This will impair the braking performance, 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": "4290201",
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Germany",
  "country_of_origin": "Germany",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [
      "4290201"
    ],
    "batches": [
      "The affected vehicles were manufactured between 13 September 2018 and 6 November 2019."
    ],
    "models": [
      "Type-approval number: e1*2001/116*0431*49-53 Type: 204"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}