EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger Car Mitsubishi “i-MiEV” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0303/13
Summary
null The electric brake vacuum pump might stop working. If this should happen, the vacuum to assist the brake booster would not be available and increased pedal force may be necessary to brake the vehicle. Consequently this could lead to an increased stopping distance.
A Safety Gate alert means that national authorities found a serious or relevant risk and took measures. The same product may also be sold under other names or online.
Product
Passenger Car — Mitsubishi
- Brand
- Mitsubishi
- Name / model
- i-MiEV · i-MiEV (HA3W); Model Year: 2012-2013.Production period: 28-07-2011 to 3-11-2011 and 1-12-2011 to 11-10-2012.
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Electric passenger car.
What is the risk?
- null The electric brake vacuum pump might stop working. If this should happen, the vacuum to assist the brake booster would not be available and increased pedal force may be necessary to brake the vehicle. Consequently this could lead to an increased stopping distance.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
Data and images: Safety Gate, © European Union, licensed under CC BY 4.0. EU Safety Radar is an independent information service; the text above is an editorial presentation of the official data — the entry in the source system is authoritative.
Open in Safety Gate ↗