Aston Martin DB9, DBS, Vanquish & Virage

The risk

When the front, right seat is operated to rearward position, the seat runner can compress the battery supply cable. If the cable is repeatedly compressed, the insulation of the electrical cable can be damaged and a short-circuit can occur between the cable and the runner, resulting in smoke in the vehicle cabin. The smoke could cause the driver to be distracted and increase the risk of an accident.

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: 11/04/2016

Models on CarsLore

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

• Aston Martin DB9
• Aston Martin DBS
• Aston Martin Vanquish
• Aston Martin Virage

Other injuries alerts in 2016

335 of the 408 motor vehicle alerts published in 2016 concerned the same risk.

Who notified alerts in 2016

Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2016

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: Aston Martin DB9

More Aston Martin alerts

19 EU Safety Gate alerts for Aston Martin since 2014; the most were issued in 2017 (4).

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