EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car VW “Passat” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0096/16
Summary
null There may be metal chips in the housing of the airbag control module. This could result in a short-circuit occurring on the circuit board in the airbag control module causing the airbags to deploy unnecessarily.
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Product
Passenger car — VW
- Brand
- VW
- Name / model
- Passat · Type-approval number: e1*2001/116*0307* type: 3C
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car
- Production dates: The vehicles affected were produced between 22/04/2014 and 19/09/2014.
What is the risk?
- null There may be metal chips in the housing of the airbag control module. This could result in a short-circuit occurring on the circuit board in the airbag control module causing the airbags to deploy unnecessarily.
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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