EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Mercedes-Benz “C-Class” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/00131/21
Summary
Due to delivery of the wrong complete winter tyre kit, clients/garages may have installed a wheel-tyre-combination which is not authorised for the vehicles. When driving, high loads together with high speeds could overstrain the tyres and result in inadmissible heating which could cause damage to the tyres.
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Product
Passenger car — Mercedes-Benz
- Brand
- Mercedes-Benz
- Name / model
- C-Class · Type-approval numbers: e1*2001/116*0431*53 to 61, e1*2001/116*0457*44, Types: 204, 204 K
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- C-Class model range (205) Plug-in-Hybrid. Vehicles, ordered with the option of two sets of tyres and delivered from the factory with summer tyres.
- Production dates: The affected vehicles were manufactured between 13 August 2019 and 6 October 2020.
What is the risk?
- Due to delivery of the wrong complete winter tyre kit, clients/garages may have installed a wheel-tyre-combination which is not authorised for the vehicles. When driving, high loads together with high speeds could overstrain the tyres and result in inadmissible heating which could cause damage to the tyres.
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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