{
  "alert_number": "A12/1312/16",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-1312-16",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/229060",
  "safety_gate_published": "2016-10-10",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2016,
    "week": 41,
    "date": "2016-10-14"
  },
  "category": "Motor vehicles",
  "product": "Passenger car",
  "brand_as_notified": "VW",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Volkswagen",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/volkswagen"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Caddy, Passat, Touran",
  "model": "EC type-approval number: e1*2001/116*0252* Type: 2K (Caddy), EC type-approval number: e1*2001/116*0468* Type: 3CC (Passat), EC type-approval number: e1*2007/46*0217*Type: 2 KN (Caddy), EC type-approval number: e1*2007/46*0357* Type: 1T (Touran)",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Passenger car powered by compressed natural gas.",
  "production_dates": "EcoFuel vehicles with engine code BSX or CDGA. The vehicles affected were produced between 1 September 2005 and 31 May 2010.",
  "risk_type": "Injuries",
  "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.",
  "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": [
      "EcoFuel vehicles with engine code BSX or CDGA. The vehicles affected were produced between 1 September 2005 and 31 May 2010."
    ],
    "models": [
      "EC type-approval number: e1*2001/116*0252* Type: 2K (Caddy)",
      "EC type-approval number: e1*2001/116*0468* Type: 3CC (Passat)",
      "EC type-approval number: e1*2007/46*0217* Type: 2 KN (Caddy)",
      "EC type-approval number: e1*2007/46*0357* Type: 1T (Touran)"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}