{
  "alert_number": "A12/0862/19",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-0862-19",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/370228",
  "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": "Audi",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Audi",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/audi"
    }
  ],
  "name": "A4, A6, A7",
  "model": "Type-approval numbers: e1*2001/116*0430*, e1*2007/46*1801*; types: B8, F2",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Ex-factory passenger car under Audi's recall code: 66K3.",
  "production_dates": "The affected vehicles were manufactured between February and October 2018 and retrofitted between March and November 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 and October 2018 and retrofitted between March and November 2018."
    ],
    "models": [
      "Type-approval numbers: e1*2001/116*0430*, e1*2007/46*1801*; types: B8, F2"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}