EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Porsche “Boxster, Cayman, 911” — risk: fire
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0523/17
Summary
null The mounting screws for the fuel pipe on the fuel injectors may shear off due to stress corrosion cracking. This could lead to the fuel pipe becoming detached and fuel may leak into the engine compartment.
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Product
Passenger car — Porsche
- Brand
- Porsche
- Name / model
- Boxster, Cayman, 911 · EC type-approvals: e13*2007/46*1607*00 - 03, e13*2007/46*1187*12 - 15 Types: 982, 991
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car
- Production dates: The vehicles affected were produced between 7/10/2015 and 26/9/2016.
What is the risk?
- null The mounting screws for the fuel pipe on the fuel injectors may shear off due to stress corrosion cracking. This could lead to the fuel pipe becoming detached and fuel may leak into the engine compartment.
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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