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Passenger car Legacy and Outback Subaru

Official notice

14 Oct 2011

Last checked

14 Oct 2011

Critical riskEU Safety Gate

An official EU Safety Gate notice concerns Passenger car Legacy and Outback Subaru. Null The front windscreen wiper motor may generate heat and catch fire when the movement of the windscreen wipers is restricted (for example by snow that has accumulated on the windscreen). Published 2011-10-14.

What to do now

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

Recall number

1072/11

Official notice

2011-10-14

The hazard

Null The front windscreen wiper motor may generate heat and catch fire when the movement of the windscreen wipers is restricted (for example by snow that has accumulated on the windscreen).

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Affected products

Product 1

Passenger car "Legacy" and "Outback"

Risk / hazard

Null The front windscreen wiper motor may generate heat and catch fire when the movement of the windscreen wipers is restricted (for example by snow that has accumulated on the windscreen).

Where it was sold

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

Location 1

DE · Germany

Location 2

FR · France

Affected area 1

DE · Germany

Affected area 2

FR · France

Company & contacts

Brand

Manufacturer

Not provided

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Subaru.

Source & status

Tier

beta

Category

VEHICLES

Classification

Serious risk — Fire

App estimate

critical

Recall details

Recall number

1072/11

Classification

Serious risk — Fire

Source tier

beta

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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