Passenger car
Opel · Opel Vectra and Signum
Motor vehiclesFire
- Notifying country
- Germany
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
Moisture ingress to the heatable spray nozzles can trigger a malfunction, which can result in the spray nozzles overheating. In unfavourable circumstances, overheating of the spray nozzles can lead to a fire in the engine compartment shortly after the engine has been stopped. Some fire damages have been reported without any injury to persons.
Measures taken
- Voluntary worldwide corrective actions taken by the producer. Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- EC-type approval e1*98/14*0187*09 ff and e1*2001/116*0214*05 and e1*2001/116*0238*02ff and e1*2001/116*090*00 ff and e1*2001/116*0291*00 ff and e1*2001/116*0292*00 ff.Cars from the model years 2004-2006 are affected.
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 0284/06 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2006-20
- Published
- 25 May 2006
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