EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Opel “Mokka” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0767/16
Summary
null Due to insufficient guidance for users, it may happen that the Flexfit carrier system is not positioned correctly when not in use. This may cause some of the rear lights to fail, which may increase the risk of accidents with other vehicles.
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Product
Passenger car — Opel
- Brand
- Opel
- Name / model
- Mokka · Type: J-A, type-approval number: e4*2007/46*0537*00 - *14
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger cars.
- Production dates: The vehicles affected were produced from 2011 to 2016.
What is the risk?
- null Due to insufficient guidance for users, it may happen that the Flexfit carrier system is not positioned correctly when not in use. This may cause some of the rear lights to fail, which may increase the risk of accidents with other vehicles.
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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