The risk
In certain driving conditions, the EGR cooling circuit may not be robust enough. As a result, an unexpected amount of soot may be generated, leading to increased risk of a fire in the engine compartment.
Product: Passenger car under Volvo recall code: 29939.
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: 12/07/2019
Other fire alerts in 2019
50 of the 509 motor vehicle alerts published in 2019 concerned the same risk.
| A12/00028/19 20 Dec 2019 | Volvo S80, V70, XC70, S60, S60CC, V60, V60CC, XC60, V40 and V40CC |
| A12/1953/19 13 Dec 2019 | Volvo S60, V60, V40, V40CC, S90, V90, V90CC and XC90 |
| A12/1765/19 29 Nov 2019 | Polaris Ranger Diesel |
| A12/1802/19 29 Nov 2019 | Mercedes-Benz Unimog |
| A12/1725/19 22 Nov 2019 | Polaris Ranger XP 1000 |
| A12/1749/19 22 Nov 2019 | Mercedes-Benz Actros, Antos, Arocs, Atego, Econic |
| A12/1752/19 22 Nov 2019 | Mercedes-Benz Vito |
| A12/1604/19 1 Nov 2019 | Emerson/Tescom Gas pressure regulator |
Who notified alerts in 2019
| Notifying country | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Germany | 335 |
| United Kingdom | 47 |
| Portugal | 45 |
| France | 39 |
| Italy | 12 |
| Poland | 10 |
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2019
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