EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Audi “R8” — risk: burns
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1566/18
Summary
Use of the vehicles concerned on a race track, in combination with extreme driving manoeuvres, may cause oil to leak onto the transmission breather. Oil vapours that have leaked out may come into contact with hot components in the engine compartment. This may lead to smoke developing and the vehicle could catch fire.
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Product
Passenger car — Audi
- Brand
- Audi
- Name / model
- R8 · Type-approval number: e1 * 2001/116 * 0399 * ..; type: 42
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car. Company recall code: 34J1
- Production dates: The vehicles affected were produced between June 2015 and October 2017.
What is the risk?
- Use of the vehicles concerned on a race track, in combination with extreme driving manoeuvres, may cause oil to leak onto the transmission breather. Oil vapours that have leaked out may come into contact with hot components in the engine compartment. This may lead to smoke developing and the vehicle could catch fire.
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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