Truck
Mercedes-Benz · Arocs
Motor vehiclesInjuries
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Notifying country
- Germany
- Counterfeit
- No
- Professional product
- Yes
What is the danger
On vehicles featuring ‘reinforced rear springs, 16 tonnes’ the wing stay on the welded construction between the first and the second rear axle may tear away.
Requirements breached
The wing stay might completely tear off and drop onto the road. This could increase the risk of an accident for following traffic.
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: Manufacturer
Product
- Description
- Truck
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1639/18 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2018-045
- Published
- 31 October 2018
- Corrigendum
- Corrigenda : Notification A12/0324/18 from report 2018-009 and Notifications A12/0346/18, A12/0348/18, A12/0353/18 from report 2018-010 have been updated to improve identification of the affected products (batch number and date of manufacture have been added). Notification A12/1514/18 from Report-2018-042 has been downgraded at the request of the notifying Member State after re-assessment of the risk. The risk is considered less than serious (new number A11/0086/18).
© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/338901
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