EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Seat “Tarraco” — risk: fire
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/00324/20
Summary
The wall of the fuel tank is insufficiently thick.This may lead to increased risk of fire in the event of an accident.
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HazardFire
Notified byGermany
Country of originGermany
Intended forConsumer
Product
Passenger car — Seat
- Brand
- Seat
- Name / model
- Tarraco · Type-approval number: e9*2007/46*6666, Type: KN
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car under Seat recall code: 20BW.
- Production dates: The affected vehicles were manufactured in 2020.
What is the risk?
- The wall of the fuel tank is insufficiently thick.This may lead to increased risk of fire in the event 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: Unknown
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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