The risk
The products pose a risk of fire because of inadequate materials used in compliant petrol manifolds which may cause fuel leakage.
Product: Affected cars were produced in September and October 2008 in Italy, Turkey and Poland. List of VIN-numbers
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 2008
34 of the 167 motor vehicle alerts published in 2008 concerned the same risk.
| 1518/08 26 Dec 2008 | Ski-doo |
| 1418/08 5 Dec 2008 | NISSAN |
| 1419/08 5 Dec 2008 | SAAB |
| 1375/08 28 Nov 2008 | KAWASAKI |
| 1230/08 31 Oct 2008 | LAND ROVER |
| 0940/08 1 Sept 2008 | SUZUKI |
| 0941/08 1 Sept 2008 | FORD |
| 0888/08 15 Aug 2008 | DERBI |
Who notified alerts in 2008
| Notifying country | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Greece | 64 |
| Germany | 43 |
| Spain | 13 |
| Poland | 13 |
| Sweden | 10 |
| United Kingdom | 7 |
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2008
More FIAT and LANCIA alerts
2 EU Safety Gate alerts for FIAT and LANCIA since 2007; the most were issued in 2007 (1).
| 1237/07 Injuries | Nov 2007 |