EU Safety Gate · Report-2007-27
Daimler Chrysler AG · Passenger car - steering system in Smart Fortwo
The product poses a serious risk of injuries because during the assembly process by the supplier of the mechanical steering (Delphi) it could be that a circlip (Seeger retaining ring) is not correctly fitted in all cases, which means that a perfect fit of this circlip in the groove provided is not always guaranteed. In the worst case this could result in migration of the ball bearing including the steering shaft during steering. This would mean loss of the connection between the steering pinion and the steering rack. The front wheels are then no longer steerable.
- Published
- 13 July 2007
- Notifying authority
- Greece
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Voluntary corrective actions taken by the manufacturer. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0680/07
- Model
- Smart Fortwo
Classification
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Risk type
- Injuries
- Country of origin
- Germany
Product description
The recall concerns Smart Fortwo vehicles, built between May 2007 and June 2007.