The risk
The product poses a risk of fire because the earth wire for the electric air heating element may not be correctly secured which may cause the heating element to overheat.
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 2009
19 of the 144 motor vehicle alerts published in 2009 concerned the same risk.
| 1350/09 23 Oct 2009 | Land Rover |
| 1352/09 23 Oct 2009 | Polaris |
| 1355/09 23 Oct 2009 | Mitsubishi |
| 1360/09 23 Oct 2009 | Ford |
| 1273/09 2 Oct 2009 | Yamaha |
| 1202/09 4 Sept 2009 | Suzuki |
| 1096/09 14 Aug 2009 | Lancia |
| 0986/09 31 Jul 2009 | Mercedes-Benz |
Who notified alerts in 2009
| Notifying country | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Greece | 58 |
| Germany | 41 |
| Spain | 11 |
| United Kingdom | 8 |
| Poland | 8 |
| Portugal | 6 |
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2009
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47 EU Safety Gate alerts for Škoda since 2007; the most were issued in 2019 (9).
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