The risk
Some alloy wheels on these vehicles may have a manufacturing defect thus cracks may appear in the wheel spokes which, over time, may lead to the breakage of one or more spokes. If the wheel spokes break, accidents may occur, causing varying degrees of damage.
Product: Category: Motor vehiclesProduct: Passenger car, category M1Brand: BMWType/number of model: Mini Cooper RE91
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · official text, unchanged
Measures taken
Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other Category of measure(s): Corrective actions taken by the manufacturer Date of entry into force: Unknown Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other Category of measure(s): Corrective actions taken by the manufacturer Date of entry into force: Unknown
Other injuries alerts in 2006
93 of the 111 motor vehicle alerts published in 2006 concerned the same risk.
| 0846/06 22 Dec 2006 | Fiat Panda, Punto, Grande Punto, Idea and Stilo cars with 1.1, 1.2 and 1.4 8V and 16V motor |
| 0816/06 15 Dec 2006 | Yamaha YZF-R6R |
| 0820/06 15 Dec 2006 | Shenggibao Box reference number: GS933 – 27WSQ603084 |
| 0822/06 15 Dec 2006 | Unknown Unknown |
| 0768/06 1 Dec 2006 | Opel Van Opel Movano |
| 0775/06 1 Dec 2006 | Honda Honda Deauville |
| 0740/06 24 Nov 2006 | Renault Automatic transmission computer in Renault cars |
| 0745/06 24 Nov 2006 | Yamaha Air filter and screws in Yamaha motorcycle |
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 BMW alerts
259 EU Safety Gate alerts for BMW since 2006; the most were issued in 2019 (25).
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