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A12/1655/17

Passenger car

VW · T5

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

In gas-powered T5 vehicles, undetected corrosion in the gas tanks persisting over a long period could affect the thickness of the wall of the gas tank. Insufficient residual wall thickness may cause the gas tank to burst.

Measures taken

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

Product

Description
Passenger car.
Brand
VW
Model / type
Type-approval numbers: e1*2001/116*0220*, e1*2001/116*0218* Type: 7HC, 7HM
Batch
The vehicles affected were produced between 18/11/2005 and 06/12/2005.

Original source

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

Alert number
A12/1655/17 ↗
Weekly report
Report-2017-048
Published
21 November 2017
Corrigendum
Notification A12/0707/17 from Report-2017-021 has been updated with new information about the model and products affected.

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