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Passenger car – Audi “R8”

Serious risk Burns

Published by Safety Gate 18 Oct 2018In the weekly report of 26 Oct 2018 (week 43, 2018)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 5 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car
Brand
Audi (131 alerts)
Name
R8
Type / model
Type-approval number: e1 * 2001/116 * 0399 * ..; type: 42
Batch numbers
The vehicles affected were produced between June 2015 and October 2017. (official alert record)
Description
Passenger car. Company recall code: 34J1
Production dates
The vehicles affected were produced between June 2015 and October 2017.
Risk
Use of the vehicles concerned on a race track, in combination with extreme driving manoeuvres, may cause oil to leak onto the transmission breather. Oil vapours that have leaked out may come into contact with hot components in the engine compartment. This may lead to smoke developing and the vehicle could catch fire.
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 A12/1566/18
    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-2018-043 (XML)
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