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VW - Fuel may leak resulting in possible fire

Official notice

20 Apr 2015

Last checked

20 Apr 2015

High riskDVSA
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An official DVSA notice concerns VW - Fuel may leak resulting in possible fire. Fuel may leak resulting in possible fire Published 2015-04-20.

What to do now

On affected vehicles replace fuel rail.

Units affected

49

Recall number

R-2015-044

Official notice

2015-04-20

The hazard

Fuel may leak resulting in possible fire

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

BEETLE

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Affected products

Product 1

VW BEETLE

Units affected

49

Risk / hazard

Fuel may leak resulting in possible fire

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

VW

Manufacturer

Vw

Phone

Not provided

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

Source & status

Source

Tier

official

Category

VEHICLES

Classification

DVSA recall R-2015-044

App estimate

high

Recall details

Recall number

R-2015-044

Campaign number

24BL

Units affected

49

Classification

DVSA recall R-2015-044

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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