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Passenger car - Volvo S40/V50 – Volvo

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 8 Feb 2007In the weekly report of 9 Feb 2007 (week 5, 2007)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 3 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car - Volvo S40/V50
Brand
Volvo (124 alerts)
Type / model
S40 VIN: 0150030-0177430, V50 VIN: 0150056-0179064, manufactured as model year 2006
Risk
This product poses a serious risk of injury because of a communication error between the central electronic module and the engine control module. Thus, in rare cases the engine oil can get enriched by diesel potentially causing the engine to over run - also when switching of the ignition - which may cause the engine to break down.
Measures
  • Voluntary corrective action taken by the producer
Notifying country
Sweden
Country of origin
Sweden
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0114/07
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2007-5 (XML)
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