Safety Gate Alerts

Alert number A12/1011/19

Passenger van / Light commercial
Product
vehicle

Risk type Injuries

  In vehicles with dual tyres and a short wheelbase,

resonance vibrations at high speeds can cause damage to
the driveshaft.

  As a result, the driveshaft can break, increasing the risk of

an accident.

Category Motor vehicles

Type Consumer

Description Passenger van / Light commercial vehicle under VW recall

code: 23AF.

Brand VW

Name Crafter

EC-type approval/model Type-approval numbers: e1*2007/46*1613*,

e1*2007/46*1615*, e1*2007/46*1619*, e1*2007/46*1616*,
e1*2007/46*1622*; types: SYN1E, SYN1Z, SYN2Z, SZN1E,
SZN2Z

Production dates The affected vehicles were manufactured between 20 June

2017 and 11 February 2019.

Weekly report number Report-2019-028

Alert submitted by Germany

Is the product counterfeit? No

Country of origin Poland

Measures taken by economic Recall of the product from end users

operators Manufacturer

Products were found and Denmark

measures were taken also in Finland
Sweden

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