Passenger car

Mercedes-Benz · GLE

What is the danger

The welding of the fuel filler neck to the fuel container may not have been performed according to specifications.

In such cases, fuel may leak through the welding, posing a risk to the following traffic and increasing the risk of fire.

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

Description: Passenger car under Mercedes-Benz recall code: 4790009.
Brand: Mercedes-Benz
Model / type: Type-approval number: e1*2007/46*1885*00-04; type: H1GLE; model series 167
Batch: The affected vehicles were manufactured between 12 April 2019 and 29 June 2019.

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

Alert number: A12/1605/19 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2019-044
Published: 22 October 2019
Corrigendum: Notification A12/1154/19 has been permanently withdrawn from report 2019-31 of 02-08-2019 at the request of the notifying authority following new test results that prove compliance of the product.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 Notification A12/1451/19 has temporarily been unpublished from web report 2019-40 at the request of the notifying authority due to an ongoing investigation.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.

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