Passenger car – Volkswagen “Passat GTE, Arteon eHybrid”
Serious risk Fire
- Product
- Passenger car
- Brand
- Volkswagen (223 alerts)
- Brand as notified
- VW
- Name
- Passat GTE, Arteon eHybrid
- Type / model
- Type: 3C, 3H
- e1*2001/116*0307*62 -*68, e1*2007/46*1725*13 - *17
- Type / model as notified
- Type: 3C, 3H, e1*2001/116*0307*62 -*68, e1*2007/46*1725*13 - *17
- Batch numbers
- The affected vehicles were manufactured between 10 March 2020 and 29 March 2021. (official alert record)
- Barcodes listed
- 97FF (official alert record)
- Description
- Passenger car
- Production dates
- The affected vehicles were manufactured between 10 March 2020 and 29 March 2021.
- Risk
- The connections of the 12V positive battery cable and of the battery monitoring system cable to the main fuse box may have been swapped round.As a result, the 12V positive battery cable will not be properly fused In the event of a short circuit, e.g. following an accident, and its temperature would exceed the permitted value, leading to increased risk of fire.
- Measures
- Recall of the product from end users · by the manufacturer
- Company recall code
- 97FF
- Notifying country
- Germany
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Alert type
- Consumer
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