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Skoda - Passenger airbag may not deploy as intended

Official notice

7 Feb 2018

Last checked

7 Feb 2018

Medium riskDVSA

An official DVSA notice concerns Skoda - Passenger airbag may not deploy as intended. Passenger airbag may not deploy as intended Published 2018-02-07.

What to do now

On affected vehicles replace the front passenger air bag module with a correctly manufactured version.

Units affected

4

Recall number

R-2018-041

Official notice

2018-02-07

The hazard

Passenger airbag may not deploy as intended

How to check if you're affected

Compare the VIN on your vehicle against the official list. If your VIN is listed, follow the official notice.

Models

OCTAVIA

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Affected products

Product 1

SKODA OCTAVIA

Units affected

4

Risk / hazard

Passenger airbag may not deploy as intended

Where it was sold

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

Location 1

GB · United Kingdom

Affected area 1

GB · United Kingdom

Company & contacts

Brand

Manufacturer

Skoda

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Skoda. Contact: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).

Source & status

Source

Tier

beta

Category

VEHICLES

Classification

DVSA recall R-2018-041

App estimate

medium

Recall details

Recall number

R-2018-041

Campaign number

69V1

Units affected

4

Classification

DVSA recall R-2018-041

Source tier

beta

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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