Passenger car – Volkswagen “Various models”
Serious risk Burns
- Product
- Passenger car
- Brand
- Volkswagen (223 alerts)
- Brand as notified
- VW
- Name
- Various models
- Type / model
- Golf, Golf Cabrio, Passat, Polo, Sharan, Golf Plus, Scirocco, Passat CC, Eos, Touran, Golf Variant, Jetta, Beetle, Beetle Cabrio, Tiguan
- Batch numbers
- The vehicles concerned were manufactured between March and July 2011 (official alert record)
- Description
- Passenger car
- Production dates
- The vehicles concerned were manufactured between March and July 2011
- Risk
- A spring in the starter motor's magnetic switch was incorrectly installed. The starter motor may overheat, which could lead to a fire breaking out in the vehicle.
- 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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