EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Jeep “Wrangler” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0019/17
Summary
null In the event of a crash, the front impact sensor wiring may be pulled until it detaches before a signal can be received by the Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC). If the ORC module does not receive a signal from the front impact sensor, both frontal air bags and the seat belt pre-tensioners will not deploy, increasing the risk of injury.
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Product
Passenger car — Jeep
- Brand
- Jeep
- Name / model
- Wrangler · Model years 2016 and 2017
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car
What is the risk?
- null In the event of a crash, the front impact sensor wiring may be pulled until it detaches before a signal can be received by the Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC). If the ORC module does not receive a signal from the front impact sensor, both frontal air bags and the seat belt pre-tensioners will not deploy, increasing the risk of injury.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory 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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