EU Safety Gate · Report-2007-48
OPEL. · Passenger car Opel Vivaro.
The products poses a risk of fire because a possible short circuit. The set of cables on the dashboard may rub against the clutch pedal holder or the steering column. This may lead to electrical faults and short-circuiting, with the risk of fire.
- Published
- 07 December 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 action taken by the manufacturer.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 1281/07
- Model
- Type:X 83 , EC-Type approval e1*98/14*0170*11.
Classification
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Risk type
- Fire
- Country of origin
- Germany
Product description
28307 vehicles are affected worldwide, 5618 of which are in Germany, vehicles of model years 2006 and 2007 with the VIN numbers indicated below. The operation is being carried out under the code-name 07-C-023 and information is available from dealers. VIN numbers: 7V 600005 to 7V 636469 (plant of Luton, Germany), 6Y 951032 to 7Y 951283, and 64951032 to 74951283 (plant of Barcelona, Spain).