A12/1810/1925 October 2019

Passenger van / Light commercial vehicle

Mercedes-Benz · V-Class, Vito

Country of origin: Germany
Notifying country: Germany
Counterfeit: No

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What is the danger

The user's instruction manual might correspond to a different series and be incorrect or incomplete (in example, missing description of the Active Break Assist or absent warning against installation of rear-facing child seats in the front passenger seat).

Requirements breached

Consequently, the user could misuse the vehicle, which could lead the Active Break Assist to be incorrectly triggered or a rear-facing child seat to be installed in the front seat, increasing the risk of injuries.

Measures taken

Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: Manufacturer

Product

Description: Passenger van / Light commercial vehicle under Mercedes-Benz recall code: VS2BAFV (5891163).
Brand: Mercedes-Benz
Model / type: Type-approval number: e1*2007/46*0457*19, *21, e1*2007/46*0458*14 Type: 639.2, 639.4
Batch: The affected vehicles were manufactured between 16 January 2019 and 13 May 2019.

Original source

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

Alert number: A12/1810/19 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2019-044
Published: 25 October 2019
Modified: 24 July 2020
Corrigendum: Notification A12/1154/19 has been permanently withdrawn from report 2019-31 of 02-08-2019 at the request of the notifying authority following new test results that prove compliance of the product. The brand name in notification A12/1393/19 of report 2019-39 has been corrected at the request of the notifying authority. Notification A12/1451/19 has temporarily been unpublished from web report 2019-40 at the request of the notifying authority due to an ongoing investigation. The category in notifications A12/1638/19 and A12/1641/19 has been changed from "Cosmetics" into "Chemical Products" after agreement with notifying authority. An additional distributor and the related voluntary measures have been added to A12/1641/19 on request of the notifying authority. In agreement with the notifying authority the products in notifications A12/16438/19 and A12/1641/19 have been changed to product not of professional use.