Serious riskSerious risk
EU Safety Gate · Report-2008-48
Volkswagen · Passenger cars – Steering control unit
The product poses a risk of injuries because the steering may malfunction during parking due to a fault in a condenser in the steering control unit.A fault in condensers in the steering control unit can affect steering movements.
- Published
- 05 December 2008
- Notifying authority
- Greece
- 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
- 1389/08
- Model
- Passenger cars, models Passat (type 3C) and Passat CC (type 3CC) (Recall Campaign 48J1).
Classification
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Risk type
- Injuries
- Country of origin
- Germany
Product description
The recall concerns vehicles produced between 15 August 2008 and 23 September 2008 with the following chassis number ranges: WVW ___3C _ 9 E 023951 to 057828 WVW ___ 3C _ 9 E 515773 to 523742 XW8 ___ 3C _ 9 G 004211 to 004323 WVW ___ 3C _ 9 P 026694 to 031381.