Passenger car
VW · Touareg
Motor vehiclesFire
- Country of origin
- Slovakia
- Notifying country
- Germany
- Counterfeit
- No
What is the danger
The high-voltage battery’s cell modules could overheat during charging. This may lead to fire.
Requirements breached
The product does not comply with 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: 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
- SR/04112/25 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2025-47
- Published
- 2 February 2026
- Modified
- 9 July 2026
- Corrigendum
- Notifications SR/04046/25, SR/04043/25, SR/04047/25: at the request of the notifying authority the applicable legal basis has been updated. SR/04102/25: Following a reassessment of the risk, this alert has been downgraded and the reference number changed to OR/00014/26.
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