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Passenger car - Audi A3 Sportback – Audi

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 15 Jan 2009In the weekly report of 16 Jan 2009 (week 1, 2009)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked just nowSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car - Audi A3 Sportback
Brand
Audi (131 alerts)
Type / model
Vehicle type 8P, EC type-approval e1*2001*116*0217*, extensions 20 and 21.
Description
The affected vehicles, which were manufactured between June 2008 and October 2008, have a 147kW 2.0 litre engine and a VIN in the range:WAU_ _ _8P_9A000869 to WAU_ _ _8P_9A056233.
Risk
The product poses a risk of injuries because the tyres fitted on the vehicles by the vehicle manufacturer have a tyre identification with the speed symbol “W” (270 km/h), in accordance with the maximum design speed of 236 or 238 km/h.Due to a control error, the Certificate of Conformity (COC) documents (sections 15.1 and 15.2) indicate the speed index “H” (for 210 km/h) for the tyre size. Speed symbol should be “W”.
Measures
  • Voluntary corrective actions taken by the manufacturer
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
Germany
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0025/09
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2009-1 (XML)
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