Passenger car
VW commercial vehicles · T6
Motor vehiclesFire
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Notifying country
- Germany
- Counterfeit
- No
What is the danger
If the vehicle is washed with a high-pressure cleaner, water may enter the interior, damage the control device for the tailgate and cause an incomplete short circuit with localised damage from scorching.
Requirements breached
When air enters through open windows, doors, or the sliding roof, the damage from scorching can develop into a fire.
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: Manufacturer
Product
- Description
- Passenger car under VW recall code: 58D7. T6 vehicles with an electric tailgate and an electric sliding door.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/0979/19 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2019-027
- Published
- 25 June 2019
- Modified
- 24 November 2021
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/0707/19 published on report 2019-018 of 03.05.2019 has been withdrawn following indication from the notifying authority that the measure has been revoked. Notification A12/0902/19 of report 2019-25 has been updated to correct the model number of the affected products.
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