The risk
This product poses a serious risk of fire because in model saloon cars with heated seats, sports seats and “comfort” seats there is a possibility of a short circuit occurring in the heating mats of the seats because the tips of the wires are not sewn in correctly. The covers of the front seat backs can sustain burn damage.
Product: Chassis numbers between: WVW ZZZ 9NZ 64 000 001-261502 and WVW ZZZ 9NZ 64000 001-163395 .Vehicles, model saloon car built between May 2005 and February 2007 .
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 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
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