The risk
The product poses a risk of fire because the front seat electric heating elements may overheat and cause an interior fire.
Product: Heated Seat Elements in Jeep carsThe recall concerns vehicles equipped with heated front seats built after 10 September 2002 for the WJ and after 24 January 2003 for the WG. The VIN/chassis numbers are: 1J8G2@8#?&Y* where @ = E or B, # = A or J or S, ? = 1 to 9 or X, & = 3 or 4 and * = production numbers of 6-digits.
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 2006
8 of the 111 motor vehicle alerts published in 2006 concerned the same risk.
| 0845/06 22 Dec 2006 | HARLEY-DAVIDSON Model FD2 DYNA, 2006 model year - motorcycles built from 17 June 2005 to 6 February 2006 |
| 0681/06 27 Oct 2006 | Suzuki Intercooler outlet pipe in Suzuki Grand Vitara Turbodiesel 1.9 |
| 0636/06 6 Oct 2006 | Ford |
| 0616/06 29 Sept 2006 | Ford |
| 0464/06 4 Aug 2006 | Mercedes-Benz MERCEDES BENZ |
| 0284/06 26 May 2006 | Opel Opel Vectra and Signum |
| 0708/05 6 Jan 2006 | AN 650 AK5 |
Who notified alerts in 2006
| Notifying country | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Greece | 41 |
| Germany | 30 |
| Spain | 15 |
| Ireland | 7 |
| Portugal | 5 |
| United Kingdom | 4 |
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2006
More Jeep alerts
90 EU Safety Gate alerts for Jeep since 2006; the most were issued in 2016 (10).
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