EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Food trailer VALKAI “VALKAI 11 food trailer” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. SR/01723/25
Summary
The truck has multiple defects, including incorrect wheel-tyre size combination, faulty height-track ratio and lighting and light-signalling, undersized axles and weight exceeding the approval etc. This can lead to wheel puncture, loss of traction, vehicle overturn, detach from the towing vehicle, ineffective underrun protection, breaking of axle/suspension part(s), ineffective brake performance and overload of…
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Product
Food trailer — VALKAI
- Brand
- VALKAI
- Name / model
- VALKAI 11 food trailer · V11
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- One-axle food trailer, vehicle category: O1
What is the risk?
- The truck has multiple defects, including incorrect wheel-tyre size combination, faulty height-track ratio and lighting and light-signalling, undersized axles and weight exceeding the approval etc. This can lead to wheel puncture, loss of traction, vehicle overturn, detach from the towing vehicle, ineffective underrun protection, breaking of axle/suspension part(s), ineffective brake performance and overload of vehicle main components, causing risk for road safety. The product does not comply with the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: ManufacturerCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 23/12/2024
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: ManufacturerCategory of measure(s): Making the marketing of the product subject to prior conditions
- Date of entry into force: 23/12/2024
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: ManufacturerCategory of measure(s): Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures
- Date of entry into force: 23/12/2024
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