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Passenger car - Altea and Toledo – SEAT

Serious risk Fire

Published by Safety Gate 22 Jul 2010In the weekly report of 23 Jul 2010 (week 29, 2010)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car - Altea and Toledo
Brand
SEAT (55 alerts)
Type / model
Altea and Toledo with diesel engine and without stationary heating.
Description
Passenger cars manufactured between 1 December 2006 and 21 December 2007. The chassis numbers (VINs) concerned are in the following ranges:VSS ZZZ 5PZ7R023900 to VSS ZZZ 5PZ7R077059VSS ZZZ 5PZ7Z 000231 to VSS ZZZ 5PZ7Z 000233VSS ZZZ 5PZ8R 000021 to VSS ZZZ 5PZ8R 043888VSS ZZZ 5PZ8Z 000001 to VSS ZZZ 5PZ8Z 000132
Risk
The product poses a risk of fire because the earthing wire for the electric heating element of the additional air heating can be incorrectly screwed into place. An incorrectly secured earthing wire may cause overheating (the wire overheats in the cable connection area) and, in the worst-case scenario, it may set the vehicle on fire.
Measures
  • Voluntary corrective actions taken by the manufacturer
Notifying country
Spain
Country of origin
Spain
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 1107/10
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2010-29 (XML)
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