The risk
The product poses a risk of fire because the earthing wire for the electric heating element of the additional air heating can be incorrectly screwed into place. An incorrectly secured earthing wire may cause overheating (the wire overheats in the cable connection area) and, in the worst-case scenario, it may set the vehicle on fire.
Product: Passenger cars manufactured between 1 December 2006 and 21 December 2007. The chassis numbers (VINs) concerned are in the following ranges:VSS ZZZ 5PZ7R023900 to VSS ZZZ 5PZ7R077059VSS ZZZ 5PZ7Z 000231 to VSS ZZZ 5PZ7Z 000233VSS ZZZ 5PZ8R 000021 to VSS ZZZ 5PZ8R 043888VSS ZZZ 5PZ8Z 000001 to VSS ZZZ 5PZ8Z 000132
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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54 EU Safety Gate alerts for SEAT since 2008; the most were issued in 2018 (8).
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