The risk
Oil can leak onto or under the engine, increasing the risk of skidding for other road users, and/or fire in the engine compartment. 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): Distributor Category of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users Date of entry into force: 17/06/2022
Models on CarsLore
The alert names these models; open one for its complaints, recalls in other countries and inspection results.
Other fire, injuries alerts in 2023
17 of the 395 motor vehicle alerts published in 2023 concerned the same risk.
| A12/02867/23 24 Nov 2023 | Jaguar I-Pace |
| A12/02619/23 3 Nov 2023 | Mercedes-Benz SL-Class |
| A12/02416/23 6 Oct 2023 | Mercedes-Benz S-Class |
| A12/02133/23 15 Sept 2023 | Mercedes-Benz S-Class |
| A12/01885/23 25 Aug 2023 | Kia Cerato, Forte, Optima, Sorento, Sportage |
| A12/01665/23 21 Jul 2023 | Bmw X3 |
| A12/01667/23 21 Jul 2023 | Bmw X3 |
| A12/01545/23 7 Jul 2023 | Jaguar I-Pace |
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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