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Lorry – Mercedes-Benz “Actros”

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 11 Oct 2016In the weekly report of 21 Oct 2016 (week 42, 2016)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 4 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Lorry
Brand
Mercedes-Benz (612 alerts)
Name
Actros
Type / model
EC type-approvals: e1*2007/46*0774, e1*2007/46*0775 Types: 930.24, 934.24.
Batch numbers
The vehicles concerned were produced between 3 December 2014 and 29 April 2016. (official alert record)
Description
Lorry
Production dates
The vehicles concerned were produced between 3 December 2014 and 29 April 2016.
Risk
null When driving, the rotation of the drive shaft may lead to thermal stress on the universal joint bearing pin. As a result, the mounting bush or journal cross may come loose. Moreover, the drive shaft weld could fail. A complete failure of the weld would break the drive shaft and consequently damage or destroy air hoses, cables, etc. In both cases parts may drop into traffic.
Measures
  • Recall of the product from end users · by the manufacturer
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
Germany
Alert type
Professional

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/1321/16
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2016-042 (XML)
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