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Passenger car – Opel “Opel Vectra and Signum”

Serious risk Fire

Published by Safety Gate 25 May 2006In the weekly report of 26 May 2006 (week 20, 2006)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car
Brand
Opel (256 alerts)
Name
Opel Vectra and Signum
Type / model
Signum (Z-C/S), Vectra (Z-C, Z-C/SW)
Description
EC-type approval e1*98/14*0187*09 ff and e1*2001/116*0214*05 and e1*2001/116*0238*02ff and e1*2001/116*090*00 ff and e1*2001/116*0291*00 ff and e1*2001/116*0292*00 ff.Cars from the model years 2004-2006 are affected.
Risk
Moisture ingress to the heatable spray nozzles can trigger a malfunction, which can result in the spray nozzles overheating. In unfavourable circumstances, overheating of the spray nozzles can lead to a fire in the engine compartment shortly after the engine has been stopped. Some fire damages have been reported without any injury to persons.
Measures
  • Voluntary worldwide corrective actions taken by the producer
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
Unknown
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0284/06
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2006-20 (XML)
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