EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Hyundai “Ioniq” — risk: fire
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0111/19
Summary
The main relay of the Power Relay Assembly (PRA) under the rear seat may have been insufficiently tightened. It may further loosen itself, increasing the electrical resistance, which may overheat the PRA increasing the risk of fire.
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Product
Passenger car — Hyundai
- Brand
- Hyundai
- Name / model
- Ioniq · Model: Ioniq HEV/PHEV;EC-type approval number: e4*2007/46*1157*00.
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car under Hyundai recall code 81C068.
- Production dates: The affected vehicles were manufactured since the beginning of the production until 13/07/2017.VIN numbers: from KMHC05LC6GU000101 to KMHC851CGHU050980;
What is the risk?
- The main relay of the Power Relay Assembly (PRA) under the rear seat may have been insufficiently tightened. It may further loosen itself, increasing the electrical resistance, which may overheat the PRA increasing the risk of fire.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ImporterCategory 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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