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Passenger car – Volkswagen “Tiguan, Touran”

Serious risk Fire, Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 28 Jan 2020In the weekly report of 7 Feb 2020 (week 6, 2020)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 9 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car
Brand
Volkswagen (223 alerts)
Brand as notified
VW
Name
Tiguan, Touran
Type / model
  • Type approval number: e1*2001/116*0450*; e1*2001/116*0211*
  • Type: 5N, 1T
(official alert record)
Type / model as notified
Type approval number: e1*2001/116*0450*; e1*2001/116*0211*, Type: 5N, 1T
Batch numbers
10/10/2019 to 11/10/2019 (official alert record)
Barcodes listed
20BV (official alert record)
Description
Passenger car.
Production dates
10/10/2019 to 11/10/2019
Risk
The fuel tank wall is not sufficiently thick. Consequently, in the event of an accident it could break and leak fuel increasing the risk of fire or explosion.
Measures
  • Recall of the product from end users · by the manufacturer
Company recall code
20BV
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
Germany
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/00140/20
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2020-6 (XML)
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