EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Honda “CR-V” — risk: fire
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1674/12
Summary
null Under certain severe operating conditions, water, rain, or other liquid may enter the driver’s window and reach the master power window switch resulting in impaired functioning of the switch. If the master power window switch is damaged as a result of liquid intrusion it may result in failure of the switch and overheating. An overheated switch may cause smoke, melting or, potentially, a fire.
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Product
Passenger car — Honda
- Brand
- Honda
- Name / model
- CR-V · Model CR-V, Type RD8 (2.0l Petrol) and RD9 (2.2l Diesel)
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- The recall concerns certain 2002 to 2006 year model CR-V vehicles, produced from the 7th November 2001 to the 6th October 2006.Affected vehicles RD8 (2.0l Petrol) 2002 VIN No.s from SHSRD87702U000101to SHSRD88602U036601, 2003 from SHSRD87603U100101 to SHSRD87603U134080, 2004 from SHSRD87604U20
- Production dates: Unknown
What is the risk?
- null Under certain severe operating conditions, water, rain, or other liquid may enter the driver’s window and reach the master power window switch resulting in impaired functioning of the switch. If the master power window switch is damaged as a result of liquid intrusion it may result in failure of the switch and overheating. An overheated switch may cause smoke, melting or, potentially, a fire.
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: Unknown
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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