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Passenger car – General Motors

Serious risk Fire

Published by Safety Gate 16 Apr 2009In the weekly report of 17 Apr 2009 (week 14, 2009)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 9 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car
Brand
General Motors (2 alerts)
Type / model
Cadillac DTS, Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESV, Escalade EXT, Hummer H2,
Description
The vehicles concerned are 2006–2008 models equipped with a heating system for windscreen washer fluid.
Risk
The products pose a risk of fire in the case of a short-circuit on the printed circuit board for the heating system for windscreen washer fluid. In the vehicles concerned, the ground lead of the control circuit may overheat and cause other electrical systems to malfunction and produce smells and smoke. In extreme cases the vehicle could catch fire.
Measures
  • Voluntary corrective action taken by the manufacturer
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
Germany
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0503/09
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2009-14 (XML)
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