EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Mitsubishi “Outlander” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0901/13
Summary
null Due to improper programming of the engine control unit, the forward collision mitigation system may improperly judge the walls in a tunnel to be another vehicle. As a result, the system may automatically operate the brakes to reduce the vehicle speed.
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Product
Passenger car — Mitsubishi
- Brand
- Mitsubishi
- Name / model
- Outlander · GF6W
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car
- Production dates: Model year: 2013. Production period: until 20 May 2013.
What is the risk?
- null Due to improper programming of the engine control unit, the forward collision mitigation system may improperly judge the walls in a tunnel to be another vehicle. As a result, the system may automatically operate the brakes to reduce the vehicle speed.
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
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