The risk
The front windscreen wiper motor may generate heat and catch fire when the movement of the windscreen wipers is restricted (for example by snow that has accumulated on the windscreen).
Product: Passenger car
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · official text, unchanged
Other fire alerts in 2011
29 of the 172 motor vehicle alerts published in 2011 concerned the same risk.
| 1504/11 30 Dec 2011 | Honda |
| 1525/11 30 Dec 2011 | Yamaha |
| 1462/11 23 Dec 2011 | Skoda |
| 1465/11 23 Dec 2011 | Ford |
| 1328/11 2 Dec 2011 | Bmw |
| 1332/11 2 Dec 2011 | Rolls-Royce |
| 1336/11 2 Dec 2011 | Bmw |
| 1263/11 18 Nov 2011 | Honda |
Who notified alerts in 2011
| Notifying country | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Greece | 43 |
| Germany | 43 |
| Ireland | 21 |
| Portugal | 20 |
| Spain | 16 |
| Malta | 9 |
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2011
More Subaru alerts
31 EU Safety Gate alerts for Subaru since 2009; the most were issued in 2020 (6).
| Solterra Injuries | Jan 2026 |
| Outback Injuries | Sept 2024 |
| Legacy, Outback, Levorg, WRX, Impreza, XV Injuries | Sept 2023 |
| Outback Injuries | Dec 2021 |
| Impreza, XV Injuries | Jun 2021 |
| Impreza, XV Injuries | Jun 2021 |
| Forester Injuries | Aug 2020 |
| Legacy, Outback, Impreza Injuries | Apr 2020 |