The risk
The hand-brake cylinders are not adequate which may result in premature wear of the sealing collar on the hand-brake cylinder, affecting the brake performance.
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: 07/09/2016
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 Husqvarna alerts
12 EU Safety Gate alerts for Husqvarna since 2014; the most were issued in 2016 (2).
| Husqvarna Injuries | Sept 2026 |
| 125/250/401 svartpilen & vitpilen Environment, Injuries | Dec 2025 |
| Sr/00894/25 Injuries | Mar 2025 |
| 701 Vitpilen / Svartpilen Injuries | Jul 2021 |
| A12/00628/21 Fire | May 2021 |
| VITPILEN 701 , SVARTPILEN 701 and SVARTPILEN STYLE 701 Burns, Fire | Jul 2020 |
| Husqvarna FE, TE, FX, TX, FC and TC Injuries | Aug 2017 |
| TR 650 Terra & TR650 Strada Injuries | May 2017 |