EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car/van / Light commercial vehicle VW “Amarok, Caddy, Crafter, T5, T6, Polo” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/00221/20
Summary
Cars initially used for internal purposes of Volkswagen AG might not have been correctly modified before they were sold to the general public. There is a possibility that certain safety systems of these cars are not correctly modified for street use.
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Product
Passenger car/van / Light commercial vehicle — VW
- Brand
- VW
- Name / model
- Amarok, Caddy, Crafter, T5, T6, Polo · Type-approval numbers: e1*2007/46*0356, e1*2001/116*0252, e1*2007/46*0217, e1*2007/46*1614, e1*2007/46*1613, e1*2007/46*1619, e1*2001/116*0220, e1*2001/116*0289, e1*2007/46*0130, e1*2007/46*1783, Types: 2H, 2K, 2KN, SYN2E, SYN1E, SZN1E, 7HC, 7HMA, 7J0, AW
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Vehicles under VW recall code: 01E3.
- Production dates: The affected vehicles were manufactured between 29 April 2008 and 7 March 2016.
What is the risk?
- Cars initially used for internal purposes of Volkswagen AG might not have been correctly modified before they were sold to the general public. There is a possibility that certain safety systems of these cars are not correctly modified for street use.
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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