EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Lorry Renault, Volvo “D8K - DTI 8 - EU VI Step E; D5K - DTI 5 - EU VI Step E” — risk: environment
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/00531/23
Summary
When the decrystallisation regeneration threshold is reached, the amount of urea injected by the AdBlue injection system is reduced by approx. 30 percent. As a result, the vehicle emission levels will temporarily exceed regulatory limits. The product does not meet the requirements laid down in the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and…
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Product
Lorry — Renault, Volvo
- Brand
- Renault, Volvo
- Name / model
- D8K - DTI 8 - EU VI Step E; D5K - DTI 5 - EU VI Step E · e2*595/2009*2019/1939E*21100*01 e2*595/2009*2019/1939E*21101*01
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Diesel, MDE5 and MDE8 engine, Euro VI Step E, B100 variants
What is the risk?
- When the decrystallisation regeneration threshold is reached, the amount of urea injected by the AdBlue injection system is reduced by approx. 30 percent. As a result, the vehicle emission levels will temporarily exceed regulatory limits. The product does not meet the requirements laid down in 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 taking notified measure(s): ManufacturerCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 01/06/2022
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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