Fire

Passenger cars

Renault
Case number
1092/07
Category
Motor vehicles
Type / Model
model TRAFIC II
Audience
Consumer
Notifying country
🇬🇷 Greece
Country of origin
🇫🇷 France
Published
2007-10-26

⚠️ Risk

The product poses a serious risk of fire because of inadequate fixing of the dashboards' wirings. There is a possibility of wearing of the dashboard wiring by contact with the steering column and/or the pedal mounting. This may cause serious electrical problems to the vehicle like short-circuit of the rear stoplights and the front right headlight, interruptions in the engine’s function, overheating of the engine, etc.

Measures

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

The recall concerns vehicles produced from 1 May 2006 to 10 April 2007 (produced in Barcelona, Spain) and from 1 May 2006 to 8 March 2007 (produced in Luton, England).