The risk
A cable harness might be in contact with the anti-theft bracket and may eventually wear through and cause a short circuit. If the cable for the starter motor short circuited, the starter motor could start to run whilst the car was being driven and could result in the starter motor overheating.
Product: Passenger car
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 manufacturer.Date of entry into force: Unknown
Other fire alerts in 2010
30 of the 178 motor vehicle alerts published in 2010 concerned the same risk.
| 1743/10 26 Nov 2010 | Honda |
| 1533/10 15 Oct 2010 | Ferrari |
| 1282/10 27 Aug 2010 | Opel |
| 1155/10 6 Aug 2010 | Volvo |
| 1165/10 6 Aug 2010 | Ford |
| 1168/10 6 Aug 2010 | Subaru |
| 1144/10 30 Jul 2010 | Ducati |
| 1106/10 23 Jul 2010 | BMW |
Who notified alerts in 2010
| Notifying country | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Greece | 47 |
| Germany | 43 |
| Portugal | 25 |
| Poland | 17 |
| France | 13 |
| Spain | 11 |
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2010
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