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Passenger car – Volkswagen “Tiguan”

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 10 Apr 2019In the weekly report of 19 Apr 2019 (week 16, 2019)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 2 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car
Brand
Volkswagen (223 alerts)
Brand as notified
VW
Name
Tiguan
Type / model
Type-approval number: e1*2001/116*0450* Type: 5N
Batch numbers
The vehicles in question were manufactured between 5 April 2017 and 6 November 2018. (official alert record)
Description
Passenger car under recall code 42J4.
Production dates
The vehicles in question were manufactured between 5 April 2017 and 6 November 2018.
Risk
The material used for the rear coil springs may be inadequate. There is a possibility that a coil spring may fracture and damage the rear tyres. This may affect driving stability and increase the risk of an accident.
Measures
  • Recall of the product from end users · by the manufacturer
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
Mexico
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/0630/19
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2019-016 (XML)
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