EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car VW “BORA, CLASSICO, FOX, GOLF, JETTA, NEW BEETLE, PASSAT, POLO, SURAN, SAVEIRO, TIGUAN, TOUAREG, WAGON” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/00222/20
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 — VW
- Brand
- VW
- Name / model
- BORA, CLASSICO, FOX, GOLF, JETTA, NEW BEETLE, PASSAT, POLO, SURAN, SAVEIRO, TIGUAN, TOUAREG, WAGON · Type-approval numbers: e1*2007/46*0539, e1*2007/46*0623, e1*2001/116*0301, e1*2001/116*0450, e1*96/79*0071, e1*98/14*0071, e1*2001/116*0071, e1*2001/116*0106, , Types: 16, AU, 5Z, 5N, 1J, 9C, AW, 7L,
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car under VW recall code: 01D7.
- Production dates: The affected vehicles were manufactured between 6 January 2006 and 19 December 2018.
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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