{
  "alert_number": "A12/0346/16",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-0346-16",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/199453",
  "safety_gate_published": "2016-03-15",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2016,
    "week": 12,
    "date": "2016-03-25"
  },
  "category": "Motor vehicles",
  "product": "Passenger car",
  "brand_as_notified": "VW",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Volkswagen",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/volkswagen"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Passat",
  "model": "Type approval number: e1*2001/116*0307*Type: 3C",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Passenger car.",
  "production_dates": "The vehicles affected were manufactured between 7.1.2014 and 11.12.2015.",
  "risk_type": "Injuries",
  "risk": "null A plug has not been correctly fitted into the fuse holder of the central electrics which can cause failure of the engine, the power steering and the power assisted brakes. Failure of a number of electronic components, such as the multipurpose display and the lighting equipment also occurs.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Recall of the product from end users",
      "operator": "Manufacturer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": null
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Manufacturer\nCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users\nDate of entry into force: Unknown",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Germany",
  "country_of_origin": "Germany",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [
      "The vehicles affected were manufactured between 7.1.2014 and 11.12.2015."
    ],
    "models": [
      "Type approval number: e1*2001/116*0307* Type: 3C"
    ]
  },
  "licence": "Weekly-report fields CC0 1.0; official_record and counterfeit: © European Union, CC BY 4.0",
  "source": "EU Safety Gate. recallarchive is independent and not affiliated with the European Commission; the official notice is authoritative."
}