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A12/0578/16

Passenger car

Aston Martin · DB9, DBS, Vanquish & Virage

Country of origin
UK
Notifying country
UK
Counterfeit
No
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Requirements breached

When the front, right seat is operated to rearward position, the seat runner can compress the battery supply cable. If the cable is repeatedly compressed, the insulation of the electrical cable can be damaged and a short-circuit can occur between the cable and the runner, resulting in smoke in the vehicle cabin. The smoke could cause the driver to be distracted and increase the risk of an accident.

Measures taken

  1. Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: ManufacturerIn force from: 11 April 2016

Product

Description
Passenger car.
Brand
Aston Martin
Batch
Certain vehicles built between March 2007 and November 2015.

Original source

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

Alert number
A12/0578/16 ↗
Weekly report
Report-2016-019
Published
4 May 2016

© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/206561

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