EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Seat “Leon, Ateca” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/00033/19
Summary
Due to an inadequate sensitivity in the LED turn signal operating control, a failure of the LED turn signals is not always detected. As a result, the mandatory warning (acoustic/optical) does not occur in these cases and the driver will not be notified of possible failure of the direction indicators, increasing the risk of an accident.
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Product
Passenger car — Seat
- Brand
- Seat
- Name / model
- Leon, Ateca · - Model year: 2018, - Type: Leon (5F) and Ateca (KH7)
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car under SEAT Recall code: 94M1.
- Production dates: - For Type 5F's VIN nº from VSSZZZ5FZJR000010 to 185636 // from VSSZZZ5FZJ5000001 to 001262 // from VSSZZZ5FZKR000005 to 000158)- For Type KH7's VIN nº (from VSSZZZKHZJ6990001 to 990002 // from VSSZZZ5FZJ6500011 to 546574 // from VSSZZZ5FZK6500053 to 500114)The affected vehicles were manufactured between 10.04.2018 and 25.06.2018.
What is the risk?
- Due to an inadequate sensitivity in the LED turn signal operating control, a failure of the LED turn signals is not always detected. As a result, the mandatory warning (acoustic/optical) does not occur in these cases and the driver will not be notified of possible failure of the direction indicators, increasing the risk of an accident.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ImporterCategory 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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