EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car "Corsa" Opel — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. 0968/11
Summary
null The product poses a risk of injuries because on certain vehicles the handbrake lever may not have been manufactured to the exact specification, possibly leading to the handbrake not holding in the pulled/parking position, due to the missing heat treatment on the tooth segment of the handbrake lever.
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Product
Passenger car "Corsa" — Opel
- Brand
- Opel
- Name / model
- Corsa D.
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger vehicle; Brand: Opel; Model: Corsa D; Model year: 2010 - 2011; Produced in Eisenach (Germany) - Fabrication numbers: from A 6 114350 to B 6 005096; Produced in Zaragoza (Spain) - Fabrication numbers: from A 4 253100 to B 4 005814.
- Production dates: -
What is the risk?
- null The product poses a risk of injuries because on certain vehicles the handbrake lever may not have been manufactured to the exact specification, possibly leading to the handbrake not holding in the pulled/parking position, due to the missing heat treatment on the tooth segment of the handbrake lever.
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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