The risk
The product poses a serious risk of injuries because owing to defective heat treatment of the spring U-bolts, which attach the rear axle to the leaf spring, the spring U-bolts of Caddy vehicles may break. In the most severe cases, this could lead to loss of control of the rear axle.13 incidents reported.
Product: Vehicles manufactured from 24 July 2006 to 31 August 2006.
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · official text, unchanged
Measures taken
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other Category of measure(s): Voluntary correctives actions taken by the manufacturer. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Other injuries alerts in 2007
144 of the 201 motor vehicle alerts published in 2007 concerned the same risk.
| 1314/07 21 Dec 2007 | Ford |
| 1315/07 21 Dec 2007 | Ford |
| 1316/07 21 Dec 2007 | VOLVO |
| 1320/07 21 Dec 2007 | DUNLOP |
| 1327/07 21 Dec 2007 | Volvo |
| 1295/07 14 Dec 2007 | OPEL |
| 1300/07 14 Dec 2007 | 1. Raleigh, 2. Raleigh, 3.Triumph |
| 1253/07 7 Dec 2007 | Renault. |
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 VW - Volkswagen AG alerts
2 EU Safety Gate alerts for VW - Volkswagen AG since 2007; the most were issued in 2007 (1).
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