Passenger car – Volkswagen “Passat, Crafter, Fox, Polo”

Serious risk Injuries

Product

Passenger car

Brand

Volkswagen (223 alerts)

Brand as notified

VW

Name

Passat, Crafter, Fox, Polo

Type / model

• Type-approval numbers: e1*2001/116*0307*, e1*2007/46*1619*, e1*2001/116*0301*, e1*2001/116*0510*
• Types: 3C, SZ, 5Z, 6R

(official alert record)

Type / model as notified

Type-approval numbers: e1*2001/116*0307*, e1*2007/46*1619*, e1*2001/116*0301*, e1*2001/116*0510*, Types: 3C, SZ, 5Z, 6R

Batch numbers

The affected vehicles were manufactured between October 2005 and August 2009. (official alert record)

Barcodes listed

69AG, 69AP, 69AO, 69AQ (official alert record)

Description

Vehicles equipped with Takata airbags with ammonium nitrate gas generators.

Production dates

The affected vehicles were manufactured between October 2005 and August 2009.

Risk

The vehicles affected may have been fitted with Takata gas generators which could allow the ingress of moisture and thus result in the degradation of the propellant. If the airbag deploys, this could cause the gas generator to burst, causing metal parts to enter the vehicle's interior, causing injuries to the occupants of the vehicle.

Measures

• Recall of the product from end users · by the manufacturer

Company recall code

69AG, 69AP, 69AO, 69AQ

Notifying country

Germany

Country of origin

Germany

Alert type

Consumer

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