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Passenger car B5 BITURBO Alpina

Official notice

11 May 2012

Last checked

11 May 2012

Critical riskEU Safety Gate
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An official EU Safety Gate notice concerns Passenger car B5 BITURBO Alpina. Null The casing of the auxiliary coolant pump may crack. If this occurs, coolant can leak into the pump electronics. This can lead to failure of the auxiliary coolant pump. In a few individual cases, there may be smoulder damage to the auxiliary coolant pump. If this occurs, an engine compartment fire or even a vehicle fire could occur. Published 2012-05-11.

What to do now

The source does not provide specific consumer instructions. Follow the official EU Safety Gate notice for next steps.

Recall number

0711/12

Official notice

2012-05-11

The hazard

Null The casing of the auxiliary coolant pump may crack. If this occurs, coolant can leak into the pump electronics. This can lead to failure of the auxiliary coolant pump. In a few individual cases, there may be smoulder damage to the auxiliary coolant pump. If this occurs, an engine compartment fire or even a vehicle fire could occur.

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Affected products

Product 1

Passenger car "B5 BITURBO"

Risk / hazard

Null The casing of the auxiliary coolant pump may crack. If this occurs, coolant can leak into the pump electronics. This can lead to failure of the auxiliary coolant pump. In a few individual cases, there may be smoulder damage to the auxiliary coolant pump. If this occurs, an engine compartment fire or even a vehicle fire could occur.

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected vehicles were sold.

Location 1

DE · Germany

Affected area 1

DE · Germany

Company & contacts

Brand

Alpina

Manufacturer

Not provided

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Alpina.

Source & status

Tier

beta

Category

VEHICLES

Classification

Serious risk — Fire, Injuries

App estimate

critical

Recall details

Recall number

0711/12

Classification

Serious risk — Fire, Injuries

Source tier

beta

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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