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Van – Mercedes-Benz “Citan”

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 14 Aug 2014In the weekly report of 22 Aug 2014 (week 33, 2014)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Van
Brand
Mercedes-Benz (612 alerts)
Name
Citan
Type / model
Type: 415EC type approvals: e2*2007/46*0129*, e2*2007/46*0130*
Batch numbers
The vehicles affected are those manufactured from September 2012 to May 2013. (official alert record)
Description
Passenger vehicle / van
Production dates
The vehicles affected are those manufactured from September 2012 to May 2013.
Risk
null Because of an assembly error, the brake lines on the Electronic Stability Programme (ESP) unit may have been wrongly installed. In an emergency stop, this can lead to insufficient front axle braking with locked rear axle brakes, insufficient rear axle braking with locked front axle brakes and increased oversteering or understeering. This can undermine the traction control system (TCS).
Measures
  • Recall of the product from end users
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
France
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/1284/14
    European Commission, Safety Gaterecord fields marked “official alert record”: © European Union, CC BY 4.0; values listed separately here
  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2014-033 (XML)
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