Injuries

Passenger car - Disabled driver's hand-operated accelerator and brake control fitted in the models Golf (1J, 1K), New Beetle, Polo, Passat (3B), Lupo and Sharan.

Volkswagen
Case number
1311/08
Category
Motor vehicles
Type / Model
Vehicle type 1K 1J (Golf) Vehicle type 9C (New Beetle) Vehicle type 7M (Sharan) Vehicle type 6X (Lupo) Vehicle type 6E (Lupo) Vehicle type 3B (Passat) Vehicle type 9N (Polo)
Audience
Consumer
Notifying country
🇩🇪 Germany
Country of origin
🇩🇪 Germany
Published
2008-11-14

⚠️ Risk

The product poses a risk of injuries because, owing to the fact that the supplier used the wrong material for the bearing-pin swivel plate, some hand-operated controls may develop hairline cracks in the bearing-pin weld seam on the base plate. In the worst cases, this can cause the bearing pin to come loose, leading to a malfunction - including even failure of the accelerator and brake controls -, which could result in an accident.

Measures

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

The hand-operated controls in question were fitted by Volkswagen to vehicles built between May 2002 and May 2005 and bearing a chassis number drawn from one of the following ranges: WVW ___ 1J _ 3 W 221390 - 689560WVW ___ 1J _ 4 W 030888 - 188918WVW ___ 1J _ 5 W 002897 - 078888WVW ___ 1K _ 5 P 005448 - 097450WVW ___ 1K _ 5 W 007764 - 249028WVW ___ 3B _ 3 E 158515 - 466137WVW ___ 3B _ 3 P 205550 - 458044WVW ___ 3B _ 4 E 004752 - 343284WVW ___ 3B _ 4 P 006476 - 195412WVW ___ 3B _ 5 E 000335 - 174852WVW ___ 3B _ 5 P 053987 - 053987WVW ___ 6E _ 5 B 002122 - 002122WVW ___ 6X _ 3 B 029133 - 060589WVW ___ 6X _ 4 B 005370 - 012753WVW ___ 7M _ 3 V 031084 - 039794WVW ___ 7M _ 4 V 003172 - 032790WVW ___ 7M _ 5 V 008690 - 036403WVW ___ 9C _ 5 M 508790 - 508790WVW ___ 9N _ 2 D 071795 - 076536WVW ___ 9N _ 2 Y 082270 - 082270WVW ___ 9N _ 3 D 007600 - 178207WVW ___ 9N _ 3 Y 023224 - 235742WVW ___ 9N _ 4 D 007199 - 074081WVW ___ 9N _ 4 Y 001379 - 229474WVW ___ 9N _ 5 D 006423 – 026774WVW ___ 9N _ 5 Y 005430 – 175209