{
  "alert_number": "A12/1375/19",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-1375-19",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/384182",
  "safety_gate_published": "2019-09-13",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2019,
    "week": 38,
    "date": "2019-09-20"
  },
  "category": "Motor vehicles",
  "product": "Passenger van / Light commercial vehicle",
  "brand_as_notified": "Mercedes-Benz",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Mercedes-Benz",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/mercedesbenz"
    }
  ],
  "name": "V-Klasse, Vito",
  "model": "Type-approval numbers: e1*2007/46*0457*21, e1*2007/46*0458*14; types: 639/2, 639/4",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Passenger van / Light commercial vehicle under Mercedes-Benz recall code: VS2BREMVAR.",
  "production_dates": "The affected vehicles were manufactured between 28 November 2018 and 6 May 2019.",
  "risk_type": "Fire, Injuries",
  "risk": "Due to incorrectly fitted brake pipes, brake fluid may leak out. This can result in increased stopping distance and to increased risk of fire due to brake fluid getting into contact with hot components.",
  "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 28 November 2018 and 6 May 2019."
    ],
    "models": [
      "Type-approval numbers: e1*2007/46*0457*21, e1*2007/46*0458*14; types: 639/2, 639/4"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}