Serious riskSerious risk
EU Safety Gate · Report-2007-2
VW – Volkswagen · Passenger car – Volkswagen 'Passat'
The following problem was found on Passat vehicles. Thermal strain on the front fuel-cooler support could cause it to break. As a result of the support breaking, diesel fuel could leak out and the cooler could shear off and be lost.
- Published
- 19 January 2007
- Notifying authority
- Germany
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Voluntary corrective actions taken by the importer. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0045/07
- Model
- Vehicle type 3C, EC type-approval 1*2001/116*0307*.It concerns vehicles from the production period March 2005 till August 2006 in the following chassis number ranges:WVW ZZZ 3C Z 5 P 000 238 - 003 189WVW ZZZ 3C Z 6 E 000 057 - 246 222WVW ZZZ 3C Z 6 P 000 013 - 226 966WVW ZZZ 3C Z 6 Z 000 019 - 000 255WVW ZZZ 3C Z 6 9 000 001 - 000 353WVW ZZZ 3C Z 7 E 000 003 - 052 030WVW ZZZ 3C Z 7 P 000 001 - 036 002WVW ZZZ 3C Z 7 Z 000 076 - 000 302WVW ZZZ 3C Z 7 9 000 001 - 000 014.
Classification
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Risk type
- Injuries
- Country of origin
- Germany