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Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 18 Aug 2005In the weekly report of 19 Aug 2005 (week 33, 2005)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 1 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Description
All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) KawasakiKVF300A/B, KVF400C/D, KVF360A/B/C, KVF650/A/B, KVF700A/B/D
Risk
Risk of injury. Cavity that holds aluminium steering joints holding wishbone pellets may loose its shape upon vehicle impact with natural obstacles (e.g. stones) during intended all terrain use. This after continuous use may result in the separation of the wishbone pellets from the joints thereby resulting in loss of vehicle control.
Measures
  • Authorities issued press release. Importer will inform owners via individual letters to bring in vehicles for free of charge repairs/modifications
Notifying country
Greece
Country of origin
United States
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0453/05
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0453/05
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2005-33 (XML)
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