{
  "alert_number": "A12/0296/19",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-0296-19",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/353782",
  "safety_gate_published": "2019-02-11",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2019,
    "week": 7,
    "date": "2019-02-15"
  },
  "category": "Motor vehicles",
  "product": "Passenger car",
  "brand_as_notified": "Mercedes-Benz",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Mercedes-Benz",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/mercedesbenz"
    }
  ],
  "name": "C-class, E-class and CLS",
  "model": "EC- type approval numbers: e1*2001/116*0431, *0457, *0501, *0464, *0463, e1*2007/46*1666*08, e1*2007/46*1560 Types: 204, 204 K, 212, R1ES, 204 AMG, 204 K AMG, R1EC CLS: BR 205, 213, 238, 257",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Passenger car under Mercedes-Benz's recall code 4693004.",
  "production_dates": "The affected vehicles were manufactured between 25 January 2014 and 20 August 2018.",
  "risk_type": "Injuries",
  "risk": "In vehicles with rear-wheel drive, a lock nut in the steering gear may be cracked. Consequently, when the steering is placed under high forces it could break, which would block the steering gear and increase the risk of 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": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Germany",
  "country_of_origin": "Germany",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [
      "The affected vehicles were manufactured between 25 January 2014 and 20 August 2018."
    ],
    "models": [
      "EC- type approval numbers: e1*2001/116*0431, *0457, *0501, *0464, *0463, e1*2007/46*1666*08, e1*2007/46*1560 Types: 204, 204 K, 212, R1ES, 204 AMG, 204 K AMG, R1EC CLS: BR 205, 213, 238, 257"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}