{
  "alert_number": "A12/0861/19",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-0861-19",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/370219",
  "safety_gate_published": "2019-06-04",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2019,
    "week": 24,
    "date": "2019-06-14"
  },
  "category": "Motor vehicles",
  "product": "Passenger car",
  "brand_as_notified": "VW",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Volkswagen",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/volkswagen"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Tiguan",
  "model": "Type-approval numbers: e1*2001/116*0450*; type: AD, BW; sales description: Tiguan, Tiguan LWB/Allspace",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "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_type": "Injuries",
  "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.",
  "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 affected vehicles were manufactured between February 2018 and December 2018."
    ],
    "models": [
      "Type-approval numbers: e1*2001/116*0450*; type: AD, BW; sales description: Tiguan, Tiguan LWB/Allspace"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}