EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car McLaren “McLaren 570GT, McLaren 720s, McLaren Senna, McLaren GT” — risk: fire
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/00780/20
Summary
The noise vibration and harshness foam pad (NVH foam pad) situated underneath the fuel tank can potentially retain corrosive moisture from the environment that can cause micro-porations in the fuel tank. Consequently, small quantities of fuel may leak, posing a risk to the following traffic.
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Product
Passenger car — McLaren
- Brand
- McLaren
- Name / model
- McLaren 570GT, McLaren 720s, McLaren Senna, McLaren GT · McLaren 570GT: e11*2007/46*3432*01 to e11*2007/46*3432*12 , McLaren 720S: e11*2007/46*3432*04 to e11*2007/46*3432*12 e5*2007/46*1205*00 to e5*2007/46*1205*04 , McLaren GT: e5*2007/46*1205*02 to e5*2007/46*1205*04, McLaren Senna: e11*2007/46*34
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Production dates: McLaren 570GT – 01/05/2016 to 15/03/2019 McLaren 720s – 07/10/2016 to 26/02/2020 McLaren Senna – 26/04/2016 to 14/12/2019 McLaren GT – 10/08/2019 to 13/03/2020
What is the risk?
- The noise vibration and harshness foam pad (NVH foam pad) situated underneath the fuel tank can potentially retain corrosive moisture from the environment that can cause micro-porations in the fuel tank. Consequently, small quantities of fuel may leak, posing a risk to the following traffic.
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: 04/05/2020
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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