Van
Mercedes-Benz · Citan
Motor vehiclesInjuries
- Country of origin
- France
- Notifying country
- Germany
- Counterfeit
- No
Requirements breached
Because of an assembly error, the brake lines on the Electronic Stability Programme (ESP) unit may have been wrongly installed. In an emergency stop, this can lead to insufficient front axle braking with locked rear axle brakes, insufficient rear axle braking with locked front axle brakes and increased oversteering or understeering. This can undermine the traction control system (TCS).
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- Passenger vehicle / van
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1284/14 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2014-033
- Published
- 14 August 2014
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/0239/14 from week 6 of 2014 has been updated upon request of the national authority.
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