Serious riskSerious risk
EU Safety Gate · Report-2010-52
Mercedes-Benz · Passenger car/van (C-Class, E-Class, GLK-Class, M-Class, GL-Class, S-Class, R-Class, G-Class, Vito, Viano, Sprinter)
The product poses a risk because in the diesel vehicles affected, a leak may form in the upper sealing area of the drainage aperture in the fuel filter with built-in fuel heating. This may cause diesel fuel to leak from the drainage aperture in the sealing area. Diesel fuel may leak onto the road.
- Published
- 31 December 2010
- Notifying authority
- Germany
- 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 action taken by the manufacturer.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 1951/10
- Model
- Types: W164, X164, W204, S204, X204, 207, W212, S212, 221, 251, 463, 639, 906 EC type-approval numbers: e1*2001/116*0315, e1*2001/116*0340, e1*2001/116*0431, e1*2001/116*0457, e1*2001/116*0480, e1*2001/116*0502, e1*2001/116*0501, e1*2007/46*0200, e1*2001/116*0335, e1*2001/116*0341, e1*96/79*0064, e1*2007/46*0457, e1*2007/46*0458, e1*2007/46*0459 The vehicles concerned were built in 2009 and 2010.
Classification
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Risk type
- Injuries
- Country of origin
- Germany
Product description
Diesel passenger car/van