Fire

Passenger car

General Motors
Case number
0503/09
Category
Motor vehicles
Type / Model
Cadillac DTS, Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESV, Escalade EXT, Hummer H2,
Audience
Consumer
Notifying country
🇩🇪 Germany
Country of origin
🇩🇪 Germany
Published
2009-04-17

⚠️ Risk

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.

Measures

Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Voluntary corrective action taken by the manufacturer.Date of entry into force: Unknown

The vehicles concerned are 2006–2008 models equipped with a heating system for windscreen washer fluid.
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