EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car VW “Touareg Hybrid” — risk: fire
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0293/16
Summary
null Water infiltration in the battery compartment (spare wheel recess) may cause a short circuit between the terminals of the high-voltage battery cells resulting in thermal destruction of the battery.
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Product
Passenger car — VW
- Brand
- VW
- Name / model
- Touareg Hybrid · Type-approval number: e1*2007/46*0403*00Type: 7P
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car
- Production dates: The vehicles concerned were manufactured between 12/8/2009 and 18/4/2015.
What is the risk?
- null Water infiltration in the battery compartment (spare wheel recess) may cause a short circuit between the terminals of the high-voltage battery cells resulting in thermal destruction of the battery.
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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