Skoda Kodiaq, Octavia, Superb

The risk

Engine design covers installed on affected vehicles could come loose from the attachment depending on use (e.g. very sporty driving style or poor road surface conditions) and the running time. If the design cover is not fastened, there is a possibility that it will come into contact with the hot area of ​​the exhaust gas turbocharger, increasing the risk of burns or fire. The product does not comply with the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of Motor Vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.

Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · official text, unchanged

Measures taken

Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Manufacturer Category of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users Date of entry into force: Unknown

Models on CarsLore

The alert names these models; open one for its complaints, recalls in other countries and inspection results.

• Škoda Kodiaq
• Škoda Octavia
• Škoda Superb

Other burns, fire alerts in 2022

6 of the 341 motor vehicle alerts published in 2022 concerned the same risk.

Who notified alerts in 2022

Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2022

Other recalls for the same models

The same models in recall campaigns from NHTSA, Transport Canada, the EU Safety Gate and the Dutch RDW.

All recalls for this model: Škoda Kodiaq

More Škoda alerts

47 EU Safety Gate alerts for Škoda since 2007; the most were issued in 2019 (9).

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