The risk
The product poses a risk of fire because the blower motor of the vehicle may overheat and cause an interior fire under certain operating conditions.
Product: The recall concerns vehicles built through 15 August 2006. The VIN/chassis numbers are: 1J!G6^8#$%W* where: ! = 4 or 8 ^ = C or E or B # = K or 5 $ = 1 to 9 or X % = 6 or 7 * = 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 2007
36 of the 201 motor vehicle alerts published in 2007 concerned the same risk.
| 1301/07 14 Dec 2007 | LEXUS |
| 1267/07 7 Dec 2007 | BMW. |
| 1281/07 7 Dec 2007 | OPEL. |
| 1228/07 30 Nov 2007 | KTM |
| 1246/07 30 Nov 2007 | Volvo |
| 1143/07 2 Nov 2007 | Nissan |
| 1092/07 26 Oct 2007 | Renault |
| 1104/07 26 Oct 2007 | Yamaha |
Who notified alerts in 2007
| Notifying country | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Greece | 72 |
| Germany | 41 |
| Poland | 17 |
| Spain | 13 |
| Portugal | 12 |
| United Kingdom | 11 |
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2007
More Jeep alerts
90 EU Safety Gate alerts for Jeep since 2006; the most were issued in 2016 (10).
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