Serious riskSerious risk
EU Safety Gate · Report-2009-14
General Motors · Passenger car
The products pose a risk of fire in the case of a short-circuit on the printed circuit board for the heating system for windscreen washer fluid. In the vehicles concerned, the ground lead of the control circuit may overheat and cause other electrical systems to malfunction and produce smells and smoke. In extreme cases the vehicle could catch fire.
- Published
- 17 April 2009
- 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 action taken by the manufacturer.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0503/09
- Model
- Cadillac DTS, Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESV, Escalade EXT, Hummer H2,
Classification
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Risk type
- Fire
- Country of origin
- Germany
Product description
The vehicles concerned are 2006–2008 models equipped with a heating system for windscreen washer fluid.