EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Jaguar “XE” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0488/16
Summary
null The Restraints Control Module harness connector has the passenger side pre-tensioner wired to the driver’s side connection and driver’s side pre-tensioner to the passenger side connection. In this condition, in the event of an accident where the pre-tensioner system would deploy and the passenger seat is unoccupied, the driver’s seat belt pre-tensioner will not deploy. As a result, the driver will not be…
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Product
Passenger car — Jaguar
- Brand
- Jaguar
- Name / model
- XE · Right hand drive vehicles.
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car
- Production dates: Only right hand drive vehicles are affected.Vehicles produced from 09/02/2016 to 14/03/2016
What is the risk?
- null The Restraints Control Module harness connector has the passenger side pre-tensioner wired to the driver’s side connection and driver’s side pre-tensioner to the passenger side connection. In this condition, in the event of an accident where the pre-tensioner system would deploy and the passenger seat is unoccupied, the driver’s seat belt pre-tensioner will not deploy. As a result, the driver will not be restrained as intended and the risk of injury to the driver may be increased.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ManufacturerCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 31/03/2016
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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