Passenger car
Audi · R8
Motor vehiclesBurns
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Notifying country
- Germany
- Counterfeit
- No
What is the danger
Use of the vehicles concerned on a race track, in combination with extreme driving manoeuvres, may cause oil to leak onto the transmission breather.
Requirements breached
Oil vapours that have leaked out may come into contact with hot components in the engine compartment. This may lead to smoke developing and the vehicle could catch fire.
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: Manufacturer
Product
- Description
- Passenger car. Company recall code: 34J1
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1566/18 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2018-043
- Published
- 18 October 2018
- Modified
- 29 September 2021
© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/336906
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