EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Nissan “Juke” — risk: burns
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0243/13
Summary
null In the event that the driver's airbag is deployed during a frontal impact, small holes may appear on the surface of the airbag. The holes are caused by high temperature gas from the airbag inflator exhausting directly onto the surface of the airbag material. Contact of the high temperature gas / airbag material with the driver’s skin can cause burns.
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 — Nissan
- Brand
- Nissan
- Name / model
- Juke · Juke, F15. Type Approval No. e11*2007/46*0132.
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car.
- Production dates: The recall concerns vehicles produced from 07/06/2012 to 04/07/2012
What is the risk?
- null In the event that the driver's airbag is deployed during a frontal impact, small holes may appear on the surface of the airbag. The holes are caused by high temperature gas from the airbag inflator exhausting directly onto the surface of the airbag material. Contact of the high temperature gas / airbag material with the driver’s skin can cause burns.
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 ↗