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Passenger cars – Steering control unit – Volkswagen

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 4 Dec 2008In the weekly report of 5 Dec 2008 (week 48, 2008)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked just nowSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger cars – Steering control unit
Brand
Volkswagen (223 alerts)
Type / model
Passenger cars, models Passat (type 3C) and Passat CC (type 3CC) (Recall Campaign 48J1).
Description
The recall concerns vehicles produced between 15 August 2008 and 23 September 2008 with the following chassis number ranges: WVW ___3C _ 9 E 023951 to 057828 WVW ___ 3C _ 9 E 515773 to 523742 XW8 ___ 3C _ 9 G 004211 to 004323 WVW ___ 3C _ 9 P 026694 to 031381.
Risk
The product poses a risk of injuries because the steering may malfunction during parking due to a fault in a condenser in the steering control unit.A fault in condensers in the steering control unit can affect steering movements.
Measures
  • Voluntary corrective actions taken by the importer
Notifying country
Greece
Country of origin
Germany
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 1389/08
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2008-48 (XML)
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