Passenger car
VW · Touran
Motor vehiclesInjuries
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Notifying country
- Germany
- Counterfeit
- No
Requirements breached
Corrosion on the front gas tank may reduce the thickness of the gas tank wall. Insufficient thickness of the tank wall poses the risk that the gas tank may burst.
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: Manufacturer
Product
- Description
- Passenger car powered by compressed natural gas.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1311/16 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2016-041
- Published
- 10 October 2016
- Modified
- 30 July 2021
- Corrigendum
- Notification A11/0087/16 published on report 38 of 23/09/2016 has been modified to further specify the devices affected. Notification A12/1266/16 published on report 40 of 07/10/2016 has been withdrawn from the report following the national authority's indication, due to a re-evaluation of the risk. Notification A12/1262/16 published on report 40 of 07/10/2016 has been withdrawn from the report following a revised risk assessment by the notifying authority.
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