{
  "alert_number": "INFO/00145/21",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/info-00145-21",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10004202",
  "safety_gate_published": "2021-08-06",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2021,
    "week": 32,
    "date": "2021-08-13"
  },
  "category": "Motor vehicles",
  "product": "Passenger car",
  "brand_as_notified": "Volkswagen",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Volkswagen",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/volkswagen"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Golf A7, Golf A7 Variant, Tiguan, Jetta A7, Golf A7 TDI",
  "model": "Individual approval",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Vehicles manufactured for the American market.",
  "production_dates": "The affected vehicles were manufactured between 14 January 2015 and 10 November 2018.",
  "risk_type": "Injuries",
  "risk": "Defective material may be used in the rear suspension helical springs. As a result, the springs could break, impairing the driving stability and increasing the risk of an accident. The product does not comply with the requirements laid down in the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles",
  "risk_level": "Other types of alerts",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Recall of the product from end users",
      "operator": "Importer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "13 May 2019"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Importer\nCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users\nDate of entry into force: 13/05/2019",
  "company_recall_code": "42J5",
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "France",
  "country_of_origin": "Germany",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [
      "42J5"
    ],
    "batches": [
      "The affected vehicles were manufactured between 14 January 2015 and 10 November 2018."
    ],
    "models": [
      "Individual approval"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}