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Passenger car – Volkswagen “Passat”

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 3 Sep 2018In the weekly report of 7 Sep 2018 (week 36, 2018)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
Passat
Type / model
Type-approval number: e1*2001/116*0307 Type: 3C
Batch numbers
The vehicles affected were produced between 8 December 2006 and 20 May 2008 and were subject to a components replacement, including the driver airbag. (official alert record)
Description
Passenger car.
Production dates
The vehicles affected were produced between 8 December 2006 and 20 May 2008 and were subject to a components replacement, including the driver airbag.
Risk
The vehicles may have been fitted with an incorrect driver airbag during a components replacement. The airbag has not been tested and approved for these vehicles and might therefore not operate as intended.
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 A12/1292/18
    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-2018-036 (XML)
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