Passenger car

VW · Various models

What is the danger

A spring in the starter motor's magnetic switch was incorrectly installed.

The starter motor may overheat, which could lead to a fire breaking out in the vehicle.

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

Description: Passenger car
Brand: VW
Model / type: Golf, Golf Cabrio, Passat, Polo, Sharan, Golf Plus, Scirocco, Passat CC, Eos, Touran, Golf Variant, Jetta, Beetle, Beetle Cabrio, Tiguan
Batch: The vehicles concerned were manufactured between March and July 2011

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

Alert number: A12/0332/18 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2018-009
Published: 26 February 2018
Modified: 29 September 2021
Corrigendum: Corrigendum : Notification A12/1829/17 from Report 2017-051 has been temporarily removed while the risk is re-assessed.

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