{
  "alert_number": "A12/1287/19",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-1287-19",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/381097",
  "safety_gate_published": "2019-08-20",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2019,
    "week": 35,
    "date": "2019-08-30"
  },
  "category": "Motor vehicles",
  "product": "Passenger car",
  "brand_as_notified": "VW",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Volkswagen",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/volkswagen"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Tiguan",
  "model": "Type-approval number: e1*2001/116*0450*; type: 5N",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Passenger car under VW recall code: 72J5.",
  "production_dates": "The affected vehicles  were manufactured between 4 and 14 February 2019.",
  "risk_type": "Injuries",
  "risk": "Due to a manufacturing defect, the left-hand front seat (in the direction of travel) may develop cracks on the right-hand side of the seat frame/seat pan. Cracks may affect the strength of the seat's structure which could cause the seatback to collapse in the event of an accident, increasing the risk of injury for passengers.",
  "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 4 and 14 February 2019."
    ],
    "models": [
      "Type-approval number: e1*2001/116*0450*; type: 5N"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}