EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Hyundai “Kauai (OS EV)” — risk: fire
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/01534/20
Summary
Certain cells of the high-voltage lithium-ion battery could be defective and the battery management system control software could be faulty.As a result, an electrical short circuit can occur after fully charging the Li-ion battery, increasing the risk of fire.
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Product
Passenger car — Hyundai
- Brand
- Hyundai
- Name / model
- Kauai (OS EV) · e4*2007/46*1259*01, e4*2007/46*1259*04, e4*2007/46*1259*05, e4*2007/46*1259*06, e4*2007/46*1259*07, e4*2007/46*1259*08
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Model year: 2018 ~ 2020.VIN's: KMHK581GFJU000076 - KMHK381HFLU077579.
- Production dates: The affected vehicles were manufactured between January 2018 and March 2020.
What is the risk?
- Certain cells of the high-voltage lithium-ion battery could be defective and the battery management system control software could be faulty.As a result, an electrical short circuit can occur after fully charging the Li-ion battery, 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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