Notes On Safety-Relevant Components - AH00.00-Z-0019-01A
Model all (4xWD, CAR, Heavy transporter, Light transporter, smart)
What is understood by the term safety-relevant components?
Components or systems are safety relevant when their defectiveness or failure may result in an immediate risk to life and limb for road users.
Safety-relevant component parts affect the operational safety of the vehicle.
Possible criteria for safety functions:
- Occupant protection system in accidents
- Avoidance of any instantaneous loss of road visibility
- Avoidance of any loss of steerability
- Avoidance of any loss or partial failure of braking function
- Avoidance of any failure in drive function
- Avoidance of any uncontrolled drive
- Avoidance of any sudden failure of driving power
- Avoidance of any leakage of operating fluids/fire hazard
- Avoidance of cargo/trailers/components working their way loose
- Avoidance of any injuries during operation and other operation of vehicle
Based on these criteria and other aspects to be assessed, it falls within the purview of Development to decide whether systems, component parts or components are classified as potentially safety-relevant.
How can safety-relevant components be recognized?
Understanding of the information on safety-relevant components in the repair descriptions, that contain safety-relevant components in the repair assembly, must be confirmed in the Workshop Information System WIS when opening the repair instructions.
What has to be noted when handling safety-relevant components?
The repair description includes the removal and installation of safety-relevant components. Therefore, utmost caution is to be exercised when performing the repair.
When handling safety-relevant components the information on connections, in particular, must be observed (e.g. when replacing click clamps and bolts).