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Aluminium light metal wheel for use on motor cars “SMC”

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 23 Nov 2006In the weekly report of 24 Nov 2006 (week 46, 2006)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked just nowSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Aluminium light metal wheel for use on motor cars “SMC”
Type / model
WB 75016
Description
Five-spoke Softline rim. The wheel is marked on the front with the national type designation KBA 45580 and on the back with the type WB 75016 and the date of manufacture, as follows: the rear of the rim bears a number, e.g. 04, 05 or 06, beside which is a grid, the cells of the grid contain dots which indicate the month of manufacture, e.g. 04 plus 11 dots = November 2004.
Risk
Testing of the wheels established that their strength is inadequate under certain circumstances. This can lead to a spoke fracture and ultimately destruction of the wheel. If this occurs, the driver may lose control of the vehicle.
Measures
  • Voluntary recall from consumers by the producer
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
Germany
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0762/06
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0762/06
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2006-46 (XML)
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