EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Chevrolet “Spark” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1990/14
Summary
null Vehicles may in some instances experience transmission mount failure, which may cause the transmission to drop. The torque transfer to the road wheels from the transmission will be lost due to driveshaft disconnection.
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Product
Passenger car — Chevrolet
- Brand
- Chevrolet
- Name / model
- Spark · Model year 2013/14.
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car
- Production dates: Produced between 10 May 2013 and 12 December 2013. VIN range DC621940-EC498152.
What is the risk?
- null Vehicles may in some instances experience transmission mount failure, which may cause the transmission to drop. The torque transfer to the road wheels from the transmission will be lost due to driveshaft disconnection.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 11/11/2014
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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