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Mercedes-Benz - Rotating front seat wire fixings can loosen

Official notice

13 Aug 2018

CriticalDVSA

An official DVSA notice concerns Mercedes-Benz - Rotating front seat wire fixings can loosen. Rotating front seat wire fixings can loosen Published 2018-08-13.

What to do now

Since the beginning of june 2017 the series has protected the wiring from jamming and damage by using an optimized mounting clip. We will recall and bring the installation of the cables under the swivel seats on the affected vehicles up to the optimized current series status.

Units affected

209

Recall number

R-2018-163

Official notice

2018-08-13

The hazard

Rotating front seat wire fixings can loosen

How to check if you're affected

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Models

VITO

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Affected products

Product 1

MERCEDES-BENZ VANS UK LTD VITO

Units affected

209

Risk / hazard

Rotating front seat wire fixings can loosen

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

GB · United Kingdom

Affected area 1

GB · United Kingdom

Company & contacts

Manufacturer

Mercedes-benz vans uk ltd

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Mercedes-Benz. Contact: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).

Source & status

Source

Tier

beta

Category

VEHICLES

Classification

DVSA recall R-2018-163

App estimate

critical

Recall details

Recall number

R-2018-163

Campaign number

SRX1801

Units affected

209

Classification

DVSA recall R-2018-163

Source tier

beta

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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