The risk
The product poses a risk of fire because of sound insulator underneath the front seatbelt retractor with pyrotechnic pretensioner, located at the bottom of the center pillar. There is a possibility that the sound insulator may become damaged by the high temperature gas generated from the seat belt pretensioner when it is activated in the event of a crash. In the worst case, if the insulator ignites, this condition may result in a post-collision fire.
Product: The recall concerns vehicles, produced from 13 June 2005 through 9 April 2007 (Japan), or from 7 November 2005 to 17 April 2007 (France).
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 importer.Date of entry into force: Unknown
Other fire alerts in 2009
19 of the 144 motor vehicle alerts published in 2009 concerned the same risk.
| 1495/09 20 Nov 2009 | Skoda |
| 1350/09 23 Oct 2009 | Land Rover |
| 1352/09 23 Oct 2009 | Polaris |
| 1355/09 23 Oct 2009 | Mitsubishi |
| 1360/09 23 Oct 2009 | Ford |
| 1273/09 2 Oct 2009 | Yamaha |
| 1202/09 4 Sept 2009 | Suzuki |
| 1096/09 14 Aug 2009 | Lancia |
Who notified alerts in 2009
| Notifying country | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Greece | 58 |
| Germany | 41 |
| Spain | 11 |
| United Kingdom | 8 |
| Poland | 8 |
| Portugal | 6 |
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2009
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