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A12/0096/16

Passenger car

VW · Passat

Motor vehiclesInjuries
Country of origin
Germany
Notifying country
Germany
Counterfeit
No
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Requirements breached

There may be metal chips in the housing of the airbag control module. This could result in a short-circuit occurring on the circuit board in the airbag control module causing the airbags to deploy unnecessarily.

Measures taken

  1. Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: Manufacturer

Product

Description
Passenger car
Brand
VW
Model / type
Type-approval number: e1*2001/116*0307* type: 3C
Batch
The vehicles affected were produced between 22/04/2014 and 19/09/2014.

Original source

Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.

Alert number
A12/0096/16 ↗
Weekly report
Report-2016-005
Published
26 January 2016
Modified
30 July 2021

© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/193108

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