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Passenger car – Aston Martin “DB9, DBS, Vanquish & Virage”

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 4 May 2016In the weekly report of 13 May 2016 (week 19, 2016)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked just nowSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car
Brand
Aston Martin (19 alerts)
Name
DB9, DBS, Vanquish & Virage
Batch numbers
Certain vehicles built between March 2007 and November 2015. (official alert record)
Description
Passenger car.
Production dates
Certain vehicles built between March 2007 and November 2015.
Risk
null When the front, right seat is operated to rearward position, the seat runner can compress the battery supply cable. If the cable is repeatedly compressed, the insulation of the electrical cable can be damaged and a short-circuit can occur between the cable and the runner, resulting in smoke in the vehicle cabin. The smoke could cause the driver to be distracted and increase the risk of an accident.
Measures
  • Recall of the product from end users · by the manufacturer · from 11 Apr 2016
Notifying country
United Kingdom
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/0578/16
    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-2016-019 (XML)
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