EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Mercedes-Benz “AMG GT” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/00854/20
Summary
An earth cable may be missing from the wiring harness of the communication module, which will cause the earth connection to run via the shielding of the microphone. This will impair the proper functioning of the communication module, increasing the risk that emergency call could not be made.
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Product
Passenger car — Mercedes-Benz
- Brand
- Mercedes-Benz
- Name / model
- AMG GT · Type-approval number: e1*2007/46*0233*15 to 17 Type: 197
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Model series BR190.
- Production dates: The affected vehicles were manufactured between 15 March 2018 and 22 October 2019.
What is the risk?
- An earth cable may be missing from the wiring harness of the communication module, which will cause the earth connection to run via the shielding of the microphone. This will impair the proper functioning of the communication module, increasing the risk that emergency call could not be made.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ManufacturerCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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