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Passenger car – Mercedes-Benz “G-class”

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 25 Apr 2017In the weekly report of 5 May 2017 (week 18, 2017)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked just nowSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car
Brand
Mercedes-Benz (612 alerts)
Name
G-class
Type / model
Type-approval number: e1*96/79*0064*31-32; Type: 463
Batch numbers
The vehicles concerned were produced between June 2012 and January 2017. (official alert record)
Description
Passenger car.
Production dates
The vehicles concerned were produced between June 2012 and January 2017.
Risk
null The universal joint gear may be subject to excessive wear due to insufficient torque in the screw connection of the steering coupling. As a result, the transfer of the desired steering torque might no longer be assured. This could result in the loss of rotational torque transfer between the steering wheel and the steering box which would make it impossible to steer the vehicle.
Measures
  • Recall of the product from end users · by the manufacturer
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
Germany
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/0572/17
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2017-018 (XML)
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