The risk
The rear suspension spring can detach from the vehicle while driving over bumps/obstacles and fall onto the road. The loss of the spring could interfere with the dynamics of the vehicle and pose a potential risk to the vehicles behind.
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · official text, unchanged
Measures taken
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Distributor Category of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users Date of entry into force: 09/02/2016
Models on CarsLore
The alert names these models; open one for its complaints, recalls in other countries and inspection results.
Other injuries alerts in 2016
335 of the 408 motor vehicle alerts published in 2016 concerned the same risk.
| A12/1687/16 23 Dec 2016 | Renault Clio |
| A12/1742/16 23 Dec 2016 | Suzuki GW250 |
| A12/1646/16 16 Dec 2016 | Citroën C4 Picasso |
| A12/1649/16 16 Dec 2016 | Yamaha WR250R/X |
| A12/1663/16 16 Dec 2016 | Renault Trafic |
| A12/1664/16 16 Dec 2016 | Renault Fluence, Mégane Génération, Clio |
| A12/1665/16 16 Dec 2016 | Audi A4 |
| A12/1675/16 16 Dec 2016 | Opel Astra |
Who notified alerts in 2016
| Notifying country | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Germany | 215 |
| United Kingdom | 54 |
| Portugal | 42 |
| Greece | 26 |
| France | 19 |
| Spain | 13 |
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2016
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