The risk
Improper battery junction box covers can result in damage such as cracks, excessive deformation, melting, broken rings and/or broken latch. This can lead to blown fuses, blown relays or melted plastic in the battery junction box, increasing the risk of 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.
Product: Passenger car, Individual type approval operating permits.
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · official text, unchanged
Measures taken
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other 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.
Other fire alerts in 2023
68 of the 395 motor vehicle alerts published in 2023 concerned the same risk.
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| A12/02539/23 20 Oct 2023 | Alfa Romeo Tonale |
| A12/02543/23 20 Oct 2023 | Ford Explorer, Transit Custom |
| A12/02479/23 13 Oct 2023 | Opel Ampera-e |
| A12/02320/23 29 Sept 2023 | Bentley Bentayga |
| A12/02214/23 15 Sept 2023 | Volvo V60, S60, XC40 |
Who notified alerts in 2023
| Notifying country | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Germany | 229 |
| France | 107 |
| Poland | 20 |
| Portugal | 19 |
| Belgium | 8 |
| Luxembourg | 5 |
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2023
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