Van - safety plug "Dichtstopfen"
VOLKSWAGEN
Motor vehiclesFire
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Notifying country
- Greece
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
The product poses a risk of fire because of a fault in the welding of a sealing plug in the H-shaped piece between the fuel supply and return pipe, which may cause leakages. In the worst case scenario, leaking fuel could cause a fire.
Measures taken
- Voluntary corrective action taken by the importer. Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- The recall concerns vehicles produced from 12.03.2008 to 08.04.2008, with VIN numbers in the following ranges: WV1___7H_8H 139827 – 149179 WV1___7J_8X 018696 – 020239 WV2___7H_8H 139810 – 149276 WV2___7H_8X 018666 – 020248 WV2___7H_9H 001194 – 001199WV3___7J_8X 018686 – 020245.
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 0617/08 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2008-23
- Published
- 12 June 2008
- Corrigendum
- Corrigendum: Notification 0530/08 from week 19 in year 2008 has been amended to provide more detail concerning the cause of the risk involved
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