Daimler Chrysler AG Mercedes-Benz Atego.

The risk

These vehicles can cause injuries because premature abrasion of the front-axle wheel bearings could cause the wheel to come off.Polluted water may penetrate the wheel bearing from the front axle via the rear gasket and cause premature wear-out of the roller assemblies in the wheel bearings. Early symptoms of damage after the defect has occurred are optical warning indicators. Once the damage has progressed there are noises, changes in steering response, and a noticeable smell of overheated brake linings .

Product: Vehicles manufactured between January 2004 and October 2005 are affected. VIN in range WDB 97XXXX XK 893400 to WDB 97X XXX XL081676.

Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · official text, unchanged

Measures taken

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

Other injuries alerts in 2007

144 of the 201 motor vehicle alerts published in 2007 concerned the same risk.

Who notified alerts in 2007

Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2007

More Daimler Chrysler AG alerts

3 EU Safety Gate alerts for Daimler Chrysler AG since 2007; the most were issued in 2007 (3).