The risk
The affected vehicles may have had excessive underbody protection applied which, when drying, may have formed small stalactite shaped formations close to the underbody fuel lines which could damage them resulting in a fuel leak. Due to the positioning of the fuel lines, escaping fuel or fuel vapour could potentially lead to a fire.
Product: Passenger car
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · official text, unchanged
Other fire alerts in 2012
26 of the 146 motor vehicle alerts published in 2012 concerned the same risk.
| A12/1905/12 28 Dec 2012 | Peugeot Partner |
| A12/1862/12 21 Dec 2012 | Lamborghini Gallardo Coupé & Spyder |
| A12/1760/12 23 Nov 2012 | KTM EFI |
| A12/1696/12 16 Nov 2012 | Jaguar Jaguar XF |
| A12/1674/12 9 Nov 2012 | Honda CR-V |
| A12/1619/12 2 Nov 2012 | Ford Focus Cabriolet |
| A12/1637/12 2 Nov 2012 | Lotus |
| A12/1587/12 26 Oct 2012 | Fisker Karma |
Who notified alerts in 2012
| Notifying country | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Germany | 45 |
| Greece | 44 |
| United Kingdom | 15 |
| Portugal | 14 |
| Spain | 11 |
| Malta | 6 |
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2012
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