Serious riskSerious risk
EU Safety Gate · Report-2013-042
Mercedes-Benz · Econic
The cab tilt cylinder pin locking screw may not have been tightened to the prescribed torque. As a result, it could work loose from the bushing when the vehicle is in operation causing the front end of the cylinder to fall onto the air horn or onto the road.
- Published
- 25 October 2013
- 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): Recall of the product from end users. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- A12/1419/13
- Model
- EC type approval: e1*2007/46*0985*, e1*2007/46*0372*, e1*2007/46*0986, e1*2007/46*0987*, e1*2007/46/*0988*, e1*2007/46*0984* Type:957 Model: Econic.
Classification
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Risk type
- Injuries
- Country of origin
- Germany
Product description
Trucks Mercedes-Benz Econic. Manufacturing year: January 2013 – April 2013