The risk
The product poses a serious risk of fire because a short circuit on the printed circuit board of the electrical PTC additional heater, which is set into the centre console behind the radio, can make the PTC element overheat and cause a smouldering fire.
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 action taken by the producer.Date of entry into force: Unknown
Other fire alerts in 2007
36 of the 201 motor vehicle alerts published in 2007 concerned the same risk.
| 1301/07 14 Dec 2007 | LEXUS |
| 1267/07 7 Dec 2007 | BMW. |
| 1281/07 7 Dec 2007 | OPEL. |
| 1228/07 30 Nov 2007 | KTM |
| 1246/07 30 Nov 2007 | Volvo |
| 1143/07 2 Nov 2007 | Nissan |
| 1092/07 26 Oct 2007 | Renault |
| 1104/07 26 Oct 2007 | Yamaha |
Who notified alerts in 2007
| Notifying country | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Greece | 72 |
| Germany | 41 |
| Poland | 17 |
| Spain | 13 |
| Portugal | 12 |
| United Kingdom | 11 |
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2007
More Volvo alerts
122 EU Safety Gate alerts for Volvo since 2006; the most were issued in 2010 (14).
| Sr/02940/26 Injuries | Oct 2026 |
| Volvo Fire | Jul 2026 |
| Sr/00945/26 Injuries | Apr 2026 |
| Volvo Injuries | Feb 2026 |
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| Sr/03370/25 Injuries | Sept 2025 |
| S60, v60, xc60, s90, s90l, v90, xc90, ec40, xc/ex40 Injuries | Jul 2025 |