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A12/1195/17

Lorry

Mercedes-Benz · Atego

Motor vehiclesInjuries
Country of origin
Germany
Notifying country
Germany
Counterfeit
No
Professional product
Yes
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Requirements breached

Due to a manufacturing error, parts securing the fuel tank might break. As a result, the fuel tank might become detached from the vehicle and fall onto the road, endangering following vehicles.

Measures taken

  1. Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: ManufacturerIn force from: 13 July 2017

Product

Description
Lorry
Brand
Mercedes-Benz
Model / type
Type-approval numbers: e1*2007/46*0841*, *0842*, *1048*, *1049*, *1170*, *1171*; types: 970PKI2, 970PKI3, 970PRC2, 970PRC3, 967PKX2, 967PKX3
Batch
The vehicles affected were produced between 1 July 2012 and 31 December 2016.

Original source

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

Alert number
A12/1195/17 ↗
Weekly report
Report-2017-036
Published
29 August 2017
Corrigendum
Notification A12/1101/17 published on report n° 33-2017 of 18/08/2017 has been modified following instructions received from the notifying authority concerning the risk description.

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