The risk
The product poses a risk of fire as, due to improper protection of the engine harness, the harness can come into contact with the bolt securing the timing belt cover, or the timing belt cover itself, and thus the harness insulator may be damaged. If driven repeatedly in such condition, the harness may short-circuit, causing malfunction of the engine. In the worst case, it could result in a fire.
Product: The recall concerns vehicles with chassis numbers from JSAJTD44V00106868 to JSAJTD44V00223811 (5D) and from JSAJTA44V00107438 to JSAJTA44V00208921 (3D), with a production period between beginning of June 2005 and 28 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 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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103 EU Safety Gate alerts for Suzuki since 2006; the most were issued in 2007 (14).
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