EU alert · Safety Gate Risk: Other types of alerts Motor vehicles
Passenger car Audi “A8/S8” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. INFO/00143/21
Summary
Moisture may enter into the engine control unit due to a missing sealing pin in one of the connectors.As a result, the engine may run in an emergency mode with reduced power or stall.
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Product
Passenger car — Audi
- Brand
- Audi
- Name / model
- A8/S8 · Type: F8, e1*2007/46*1751*
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car
- Production dates: The affected vehicles were manufactured between April 2018 and October 2020.
What is the risk?
- Moisture may enter into the engine control unit due to a missing sealing pin in one of the connectors.As a result, the engine may run in an emergency mode with reduced power or stall.
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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