
Passenger van / Light commercial vehicle
Mercedes-Benz · Sprinter
Motor vehiclesInjuries
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Notifying country
- Bulgaria
- Counterfeit
- No
What is the danger
A chemical change in the active substance in the front airbag gas generator can cause an increase in the internal pressure. In the event of an accident, the gas generator may burst and injure the occupants of the vehicle with metal fragments. Furthermore, the airbag will not unfold and protect properly in this situation.
Requirements breached
The product does not comply with the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: Importer
Product
- Description
- Passenger van / Light commercial vehicle
- Brand
- Model / type
- Barcode
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/00971/22 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2022-27
- Published
- 4 October 2023
- Modified
- 4 October 2023
- Corrigendum
- EC-type approval/model have been modified following information by the authority.
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