Serious riskSerious risk
EU Safety Gate · Report-2020-10
Renault · Clio, Captur
The positive terminal of the battery can come into contact with the heat sink on the alternator. This can lead to an electrical short circuit and to increased risk of fire in the engine compartment.
- Published
- 06 March 2020
- Notifying authority
- France
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Manufacturer. Category of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users. Date of entry into force: 21/01/2020
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- A12/00347/20
- Model
- Model series: X98, X87 , Type-approval numbers: e2*2001/116*0327*87, e2*2001/116*0327*88, e2*2001/116*0327*89, e2*2007/46*0008*40, e2*2007/46*0008*41, e2*2007/46*0008*42
Classification
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Risk type
- Fire
- Country of origin
- France
Product description
Vehicles equipped with H4Bt engines, produced at Bursa, Valladolid and Novo Mesto under Renault recall code: 0D78.