Passenger car – Volkswagen “Tiguan, Sharan, CC”
Serious risk Injuries
- Product
- Passenger car
- Brand
- Volkswagen (223 alerts)
- Brand as notified
- VW
- Name
- Tiguan, Sharan, CC
- Type / model
- Type-approval numbers: e1*2001/116*0450*, e1*2007/46*0401*, e1*2001/116*0468*; types: 5N, 7N, 3CC
- Batch numbers
- The affected vehicles were manufactured between 6 January 2015 and 22 December 2015. (official alert record)
- Description
- Passenger car under VW recall code: 69Z5.
- Production dates
- The affected vehicles were manufactured between 6 January 2015 and 22 December 2015.
- Risk
- As a result of a production error, a capacitor in the airbag control unit may fail. In rare instances, the control unit may interpret the change in voltage when the capacitor fails as a signal similar to that in a crash and initiate the unwanted activation of the airbag(s) and/or the belt tensioner(s). Unexpected activation of the airbags may increase the risk of injury to the car occupants.
- 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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