Passenger car
VW · Passat GTE, Arteon eHybrid
Motor vehiclesFire
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Notifying country
- Germany
- Counterfeit
- No
What is the danger
The connections of the 12V positive battery cable and of the battery monitoring system cable to the main fuse box may have been swapped round. As a result, the 12V positive battery cable will not be properly fused In the event of a short circuit, e.g. following an accident, and its temperature would exceed the permitted value, leading to increased risk of fire.
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: Manufacturer
Product
- Description
- Passenger car
- Brand
- Model / type
- Barcode
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/00804/21 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2021-23
- Published
- 3 June 2021
- Modified
- 29 August 2022
© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10003796
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