Passenger car
VW · Polo, Up
Motor vehiclesInjuries
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Notifying country
- Germany
- Counterfeit
- No
What is the danger
A poorly welded towing eye may have been included in the vehicle's tool kit.
Requirements breached
As a consequence, it could break off during towing and the vehicle being towed would lose forward propulsion and, on becoming detached, the towing rope may hit people or objects.
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: Manufacturer
Product
- Description
- Passenger car.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1319/18 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2018-037
- Published
- 10 September 2018
- Modified
- 29 September 2021
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/1059/18 published on report 31-2018 of 03/08/2018 and withdrawn temporarily at the request of the notifying country has been re-published in the same weekly report following analysis of new tests that the authority has considered confirm the risks linked to the product.
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