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Passenger car – Volkswagen “Touran”

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 10 Oct 2016In the weekly report of 14 Oct 2016 (week 41, 2016)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 4 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car
Brand
Volkswagen (223 alerts)
Brand as notified
VW
Name
Touran
Type / model
Type-approval number: e1*2001/116*0211*Type: 1T
Batch numbers
EcoFuel vehicles with engine code BSX. The vehicles affected were produced between 21 September 2005 and 25 May 2009. (official alert record)
Description
Passenger car powered by compressed natural gas.
Production dates
EcoFuel vehicles with engine code BSX. The vehicles affected were produced between 21 September 2005 and 25 May 2009.
Risk
null Corrosion on the front gas tank may reduce the thickness of the gas tank wall. Insufficient thickness of the tank wall poses the risk that the gas tank may burst.
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 A12/1311/16
    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-2016-041 (XML)
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