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Passenger car – Mercedes-Benz “GL, GLE, GLS, ML”

Serious risk Fire

Published by Safety Gate 19 Sep 2018In the weekly report of 28 Sep 2018 (week 39, 2018)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 5 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car
Brand
Mercedes-Benz (612 alerts)
Name
GL, GLE, GLS, ML
Type / model
Type-approval numbers: e1*2007/46*0598*01-19, e1*2007/46*0826*02-07; types: 166, 166 AMG
Batch numbers
The affected vehicles were manufactured between November 2010 and June 2016. (official alert record)
Description
Passenger car under recall code 4694531.
Production dates
The affected vehicles were manufactured between November 2010 and June 2016.
Risk
The sealing cap of the Active Curve System's oil reservoir does not prevent oil from leaking out. Oil may leak out and spray onto hot components. As a consequence it may ignite and lead to fire.
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 A12/1385/18
    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-2018-039 (XML)
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