{
  "alert_number": "A12/0572/17",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-0572-17",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/258509",
  "safety_gate_published": "2017-04-25",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2017,
    "week": 18,
    "date": "2017-05-05"
  },
  "category": "Motor vehicles",
  "product": "Passenger car",
  "brand_as_notified": "Mercedes-Benz",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Mercedes-Benz",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/mercedesbenz"
    }
  ],
  "name": "G-class",
  "model": "Type-approval number: e1*96/79*0064*31-32; Type: 463",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Passenger car.",
  "production_dates": "The vehicles concerned were produced between June 2012 and January 2017.",
  "risk_type": "Injuries",
  "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.",
  "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 vehicles concerned were produced between June 2012 and January 2017."
    ],
    "models": [
      "Type-approval number: e1*96/79*0064*31-32; Type: 463"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}