Lorry
Mercedes-Benz · Unimog
Motor vehiclesFire
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Notifying country
- Germany
- Counterfeit
- No
- Professional product
- Yes
What is the danger
The screw fitting of the high-pressure fuel line may have been defective, allowing fuel to leak out.
Requirements breached
Fuel leakage close to a source of ignition increases the risk of the vehicle catching fire.
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: Manufacturer
Product
- Description
- Lorry
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1802/19 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2019-048
- Published
- 23 November 2019
- Modified
- 19 November 2020
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/1741/19 has been temporarily withdrawn from report 47-2019 of 22-11-2019 at the request of the notifying authority while waiting results of further investigation. Notification INFO/0121/19 published on weekly report 2019-44 has been upgraded to article 12 notification (serious risk) with reference number A12/1810/19. The upgrade was done upon request of the notifying authority after providing detailed description of the risk.
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