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Lorry – Mercedes-Benz “Actros, Antos, Arocs”

Serious risk Fire

Published by Safety Gate 25 Oct 2017In the weekly report of 3 Nov 2017 (week 44, 2017)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 7 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Lorry
Brand
Mercedes-Benz (612 alerts)
Name
Actros, Antos, Arocs
Type / model
Type-approval numbers: e1*2007/46*0726, e1*2007/46*0728, e1*2007/46*0731, e1*2007/46*0732, e1*2007/46*0735, e1*2007/46*0736, e1*2007/46*0738, e1*2007/46*0743; types: 963-0-A, 963-2-A, 963-2-B, 96.....
Batch numbers
The vehicles affected were produced between 8 June 2017 and 6 July 2017. (official alert record)
Description
Lorry
Production dates
The vehicles affected were produced between 8 June 2017 and 6 July 2017.
Risk
null A pipe clip for the positive battery cable to the starter motor may have been twisted when fitted so the starter-motor cable may lie on a Torx drive bolt of the transmission (vehicle earth). This may result in a short circuit and lead to a fire.
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 A12/1490/17
    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-2017-044 (XML)
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