EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Land Rover “Range Rover Evoque, Discovery Sport” — risk: fire
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/01580/20
Summary
An electrical overload in the 48Volt (V) electrical system may cause a failure of the Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET). This may cause an electrical cascade failure, causing the DCDC convertor to experience an electrical short where the 12V circuit shorts to ground. As a result, smoke from the DCDC converter can be vented into the passenger compartment, and where sufficient oxygen exists, a…
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Product
Passenger car — Land Rover
- Brand
- Land Rover
- Name / model
- Range Rover Evoque, Discovery Sport · e5*2007/46*1053, e5*2007/46*1056
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- 2019 and 2020 model year Range Rover Evoque and Discovery Sport MHEV vehicles.
- Production dates: The affected vehicles were manufactured between 25 May 2018 and 2 October 2020.
What is the risk?
- An electrical overload in the 48Volt (V) electrical system may cause a failure of the Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET). This may cause an electrical cascade failure, causing the DCDC convertor to experience an electrical short where the 12V circuit shorts to ground. As a result, smoke from the DCDC converter can be vented into the passenger compartment, and where sufficient oxygen exists, a sustained vehicle fire may occur.
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: 06/11/2020
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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