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Passenger car – VW Caddy – Volkswagen

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 4 Oct 2007In the weekly report of 5 Oct 2007 (week 39, 2007)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 6 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car – VW Caddy
Brand
Volkswagen (223 alerts)
Brand as notified
VW - Volkswagen AG
Type / model
Vehicle type 2K, EC type approval e1*2001/116*0252. Vehicle identification numbers: WV1***2K*7X024877 to 029277 and WV2***2K*7X000061 to 031164.
Description
Vehicles manufactured from 24 July 2006 to 31 August 2006.
Risk
The product poses a serious risk of injuries because owing to defective heat treatment of the spring U-bolts, which attach the rear axle to the leaf spring, the spring U-bolts of Caddy vehicles may break. In the most severe cases, this could lead to loss of control of the rear axle.13 incidents reported.
Measures
  • Voluntary correctives actions taken by the manufacturer. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
Germany
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0983/07
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2007-39 (XML)
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