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Passenger car – Volkswagen “Polo”

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 31 Oct 2014In the weekly report of 7 Nov 2014 (week 44, 2014)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked just nowSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car
Brand
Volkswagen (223 alerts)
Brand as notified
VW
Name
Polo
Type / model
Type: 6R1 – type approval: e1*2001/116*0510*
Batch numbers
Vehicles produced between 3 July 2009 and 25 April 2014 are affected. (official alert record)
Description
Passenger car.
Production dates
Vehicles produced between 3 July 2009 and 25 April 2014 are affected.
Risk
null Owing to pressure pulsations occurring in the fuel lines and engine vibrations during operation, vibration may be transmitted to the diesel fuel filter cover. This may lead to a fatigue crack on the filter cover in the area of the inlet fitting and the possibility of a diesel fuel leak. This can lead to a traffic hazard.
Measures
  • Recall of the product from end users
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
Germany
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/1776/14
    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-2014-044 (XML)
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