The risk
The product poses a risk of fire because interference could occur between heater wiring and a bracket of the dashboard unit due to a missing retainer clip. This could cause wiring wear and the risk of a short circuit.
Product: The recall concerns vehicles with chassis numbers from 114670 to 322635 and from 1143872 to 1300776, plus single chassis numbers 32678, 88713 and 98589.
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 action taken by the importer.Date of entry into force: Unknown
Other fire alerts in 2008
34 of the 167 motor vehicle alerts published in 2008 concerned the same risk.
| 1518/08 26 Dec 2008 | Ski-doo |
| 1405/08 5 Dec 2008 | FIAT and LANCIA |
| 1418/08 5 Dec 2008 | NISSAN |
| 1419/08 5 Dec 2008 | SAAB |
| 1375/08 28 Nov 2008 | KAWASAKI |
| 1230/08 31 Oct 2008 | LAND ROVER |
| 0940/08 1 Sept 2008 | SUZUKI |
| 0941/08 1 Sept 2008 | FORD |
Who notified alerts in 2008
| Notifying country | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Greece | 64 |
| Germany | 43 |
| Spain | 13 |
| Poland | 13 |
| Sweden | 10 |
| United Kingdom | 7 |
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2008
More Fiat alerts
131 EU Safety Gate alerts for Fiat since 2006; the most were issued in 2008 (12).
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