EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Bus Evobus “Citaro” — risk: fire, injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0998/18
Summary
Owing to a wrongly-fitted, automatic, oil-refill shutoff valve, the engine overfills with oil. This may result in uncontrolled engine-speed increase and acceleration of the vehicle and may lead to a fire risk.
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Product
Bus — Evobus
- Brand
- Evobus
- Name / model
- Citaro · Type-approval numbers: e1*2007/46*0087, e1*2007/46*0090; type: 628 02, 628 03; Code: 18.46M10688A
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Bus
- Production dates: The vehicles affected were produced between October 2017 and January 2018.
What is the risk?
- Owing to a wrongly-fitted, automatic, oil-refill shutoff valve, the engine overfills with oil. This may result in uncontrolled engine-speed increase and acceleration of the vehicle and may lead to a fire risk.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ManufacturerCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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