EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car CITROEN “C-Crosser” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1790/14
Summary
null In all vehicles, silicone grease may have contaminated the brake lamp switch contacts; this can prevent the stop lamps operating when the footbrake is applied.In vehicles produced between 01/11/2007 to 29/05/2009, the defective material of the accessory drive belt could damage the pulleys, which may result in faulty warning lamp illumination, battery depletion, loss of power steering and engine overheating.
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Product
Passenger car — CITROEN
- Brand
- CITROEN
- Name / model
- C-Crosser · Model: C-CROSSER
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Two different recalls because of different defects, on partially overlapping vehicle production periods.
- Production dates: Recall Code NDD: Vehicles concerned are produced from 16/04/2007 to 01/06/2009 with VINs from VF7VV4HNH8U950205 to VF7VV4HNH9Z952952. The recall Code NDC: vehicles concerned are produced from 01/11/2007 to 29/05/2009 with VINs from VF7VVSFZC8U957007 to VF7VUSFZF9Z952953.
What is the risk?
- null In all vehicles, silicone grease may have contaminated the brake lamp switch contacts; this can prevent the stop lamps operating when the footbrake is applied.In vehicles produced between 01/11/2007 to 29/05/2009, the defective material of the accessory drive belt could damage the pulleys, which may result in faulty warning lamp illumination, battery depletion, loss of power steering and engine overheating.
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: 29/09/2014
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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