The risk
The connecting rod can fail prematurely and break in certain situations where stress is applied, which may cause a loss of control of the vehicle.
Product: Motorcycles.
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: 10/05/2016
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
More KTM alerts
40 EU Safety Gate alerts for KTM since 2007; the most were issued in 2007 (6).
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