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Passenger car – Volkswagen “Tiguan”

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 4 Jun 2019In the weekly report of 14 Jun 2019 (week 24, 2019)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car
Brand
Volkswagen (223 alerts)
Brand as notified
VW
Name
Tiguan
Type / model
Type-approval numbers: e1*2001/116*0450*; type: AD, BW; sales description: Tiguan, Tiguan LWB/Allspace
Batch numbers
The affected vehicles were manufactured between February 2018 and December 2018. (official alert record)
Description
Passenger car under VW's recall code: 66K4. Vehicles with a retrofitted trailer hitch are also affected.
Production dates
The affected vehicles were manufactured between February 2018 and December 2018.
Risk
The locking mechanism in the articulated trailer hitch may be defective. Consequently, the trailer hitch might not be correctly locked and could swing out, causing the trailer to drop while the vehicle is in motion.
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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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/0861/19
    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-2019-024 (XML)
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