The risk
The User’s Guide contains incorrect information regarding the jump start procedure, depicting the battery terminals with reversed polarity in the battery terminal graphic. This could lead to an electric shock.
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: Unknown
Models on CarsLore
The alert names these models; open one for its complaints, recalls in other countries and inspection results.
Other electric shock alerts in 2017
2 of the 437 motor vehicle alerts published in 2017 concerned the same risk.
| A12/1091/17 18 Aug 2017 | Capron Roadcar 540, 600, 640 |
Who notified alerts in 2017
| Notifying country | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Germany | 240 |
| France | 81 |
| United Kingdom | 57 |
| Portugal | 27 |
| Poland | 11 |
| Spain | 5 |
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2017
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