EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Mitsubishi “Outlander” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0960/18
Summary
Corrosion may occur inside the windscreen wiper motor. This may lead to failure of the windscreen wipers while driving which could lead to an accident.
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Product
Passenger car — Mitsubishi
- Brand
- Mitsubishi
- Name / model
- Outlander · Type-approval numbers: e1*2001/116*0406*00-04 e1*2001/116*0482*00-09 Type: CW0, CWB Code: R30328-R30341
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car
- Production dates: The vehicles concerned were manufactured between 2005 and 2012
What is the risk?
- Corrosion may occur inside the windscreen wiper motor. This may lead to failure of the windscreen wipers while driving which could lead to an accident.
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: Unknown
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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