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0615/08

Passenger car

MERCEDES-BENZ

Country of origin
Germany
Notifying country
Germany
Counterfeit
No
Sold online
No
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What is the danger

The product poses a risk of injuries because a damaged dual transistor may have been used in the manufacture of the central control unit for the electronic capture, processing and transmission of signals (Signal Acquisition and Actuation Module – Front (SAM-F)). Further thermal stress, together with humidity, could lead to failure of one or both parts of the transistor, resulting in loss of operation of the centre console lighting or the headlamps, direction indicators, windscreen wipers and steering wheel adjustment.

Measures taken

  1. Voluntary corrective action taken by the manufacturer. Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other

Product

Description
VIN range:216: A 014.397 – 016.596221: A 188.781 – 208.320
Brand
MERCEDES-BENZ
Model / type
Vehicle types CL Class – 216 and S Model – 221.

Original source

Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.

Alert number
0615/08 ↗
Weekly report
Report-2008-23
Published
12 June 2008
Corrigendum
Corrigendum: Notification 0530/08 from week 19 in year 2008 has been amended to provide more detail concerning the cause of the risk involved

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