EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Seat “Leon, Altea” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1053/17
Summary
null The earth connection for the control unit for the ABS/ESP system may be interrupted due to a thermo-mechanical overload. If this happens, the ABS/ESP system will fail leading to the risk of an accident.
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Product
Passenger car — Seat
- Brand
- Seat
- Name / model
- Leon, Altea · Altea 5P (MY 2009) , Leon 1P (MY 2009)
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car
- Production dates: Manufactured between 12 November 2007 and 16 June 2009
What is the risk?
- null The earth connection for the control unit for the ABS/ESP system may be interrupted due to a thermo-mechanical overload. If this happens, the ABS/ESP system will fail leading to the risk of 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: 10/07/2017
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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