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Passenger car – Volkswagen “Tiguan”

Serious risk Fire

Published by Safety Gate 25 Jul 2019In the weekly report of 2 Aug 2019 (week 31, 2019)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 5 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*32,e1*2001/116*0450*34,e1*2001/116*0450*35
Batch numbers
The affected vehicles were manufactured between 28 August 2017 and 21 June 2018. (official alert record)
Description
Passenger car with a 2.0 TDI biturbo engine under VW recall code: 97 DM.
Production dates
The affected vehicles were manufactured between 28 August 2017 and 21 June 2018.
Risk
Due to a defective main fuse, in the event of an accident involving airbag deployment, the fuel pump is not switched off as intended. As a result, the fuel pump could continue conveying fuel, increasing the risk of fire.
Measures
  • Recall of the product from end users · by the distributor
Notifying country
Romania
Country of origin
Germany
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/1162/19
    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-2019-031 (XML)
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