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Passenger car – Volkswagen “Passat”

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 26 Jan 2016In the weekly report of 5 Feb 2016 (week 5, 2016)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 3 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car
Brand
Volkswagen (223 alerts)
Brand as notified
VW
Name
Passat
Type / model
Type-approval number: e1*2001/116*0307* type: 3C
Batch numbers
The vehicles affected were produced between 22/04/2014 and 19/09/2014. (official alert record)
Description
Passenger car
Production dates
The vehicles affected were produced between 22/04/2014 and 19/09/2014.
Risk
null There may be metal chips in the housing of the airbag control module. This could result in a short-circuit occurring on the circuit board in the airbag control module causing the airbags to deploy unnecessarily.
Measures
  • Recall of the product from end users · by the manufacturer
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
Germany
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/0096/16
    European Commission, Safety Gaterecord fields marked “official alert record”: © European Union, CC BY 4.0; values listed separately here
  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2016-005 (XML)
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