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Passenger car. – Volvo

Serious risk Fire

Published by Safety Gate 25 Jan 2007In the weekly report of 26 Jan 2007 (week 3, 2007)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 6 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car.
Brand
Volvo (124 alerts)
Brand as notified
VOLVO.
Type / model
Cars with diesel engines sold under the description S80. Type A, EC type approval e9*2001/116*0057*01 – 03.
Risk
The product poses a serious risk of fire because a short circuit on the printed circuit board of the electrical PTC additional heater, which is set into the centre console behind the radio, can make the PTC element overheat and cause a smouldering fire.
Measures
  • Voluntary corrective action taken by the producer
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
Sweden
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0075/07
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2007-3 (XML)
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