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Passenger car – Volvo

Serious risk Fire

Published by Safety Gate 19 Mar 2009In the weekly report of 20 Mar 2009 (week 10, 2009)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 1 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car
Brand
Volvo (124 alerts)
Type / model
S40/V50/C30
Description
Model year 2007 with 4-cyl diesel engine, D4164T and D4204T, with following VINs: - S40 VIN:0250050-0296660, - V50 VIN: 0270052-0313575, - C30 VIN:0000263-0010315
Risk
The product poses a risk of fire because the cover of the electrical cooling fan control unit does not meet requirements and may lead to water penetration and an electrical malfunction in the control unit. In the worst case scenario, this condition may cause a short circuit and local overheating of the control unit. Should this occur, a fire could start in the engine bay. Since the fan is permanently connected to battery voltage, a fire could also start when the vehicle is parked - both in a key-on and key-off position. Three incidents reported.
Measures
  • Voluntary corrective actions taken by the manufacturer
Notifying country
Sweden
Country of origin
Sweden
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0353/09
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2009-10 (XML)
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