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A12/1405/17

Passenger car

Smart · Fortwo, Forfour

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

The strength of the left front steering knuckle may be insufficient. As a result, the steering knuckle could break, affecting the control of the vehicle.

Measures taken

  1. Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: ManufacturerIn force from: 25 August 2017

Product

Description
Passenger car
Brand
Smart
Model / type
Type approval number: e1*2001/116*0413*33-*36 Types:451
Batch
The vehicles affected were manufactured between 03/2017 and 06/2017.

Original source

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

Alert number
A12/1405/17 ↗
Weekly report
Report-2017-041
Published
5 October 2017
Corrigendum
Notification A12/1331/17 has been permanently removed from Report 2017-039 following new evidence received from the notifying authority. Notification A11/0121/17 has been temporarily removed from Report 2017-040 at the request of the notifying authority pending further information on the risk.

© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/281897

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