Passenger car
Land Rover · Discovery (LR), Defender (LE)
Motor vehiclesFire
- Country of origin
- UK
- Notifying country
- France
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
- Professional product
- Yes
What is the danger
The gasket fixings between the exhaust downpipe and the catalytic converter may not have been tightened to the correct torque and could become loose over time. As a result, hot exhaust gases could leak into the engine compartment, increasing the risk of fire.
Requirements breached
The product does not comply with the requirements laid down in the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: ManufacturerIn force from: 19 April 2021
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
- A12/00806/21 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2021-23
- Published
- 3 June 2021
- Modified
- 30 August 2021
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