
Passenger car
Mercedes-Benz · C-Class
Motor vehiclesFire
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Notifying country
- Germany
- Counterfeit
- No
What is the danger
The bolts on the terminal clamps of the starter battery may come loose. This could increase the electrical contact resistance, leading to a local temperature increase at the terminal clamp connection point. This creates a risk of fire.
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: Manufacturer
Product
- Description
- Passenger car equipped with a plug-in hybrid engine.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Barcode
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/00766/24 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2024-12
- Published
- 19 March 2024
- Modified
- 24 February 2026
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