Volvo C30, S40 and V50. Published by the European Safety Gate as A12/0501/13 on 26 April 2013. Risk: Injuries.
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Portugal notified the European Union's Safety Gate rapid alert system about a Volvo C30, S40 And V50 on 26 April 2013. The Commission records the risk level as serious risk, with the hazard recorded as injuries. The vehicle is recorded as originating in Sweden. Twenty-seven member states share this system, and an alert raised by one is visible to all of them.
| Field | As the Safety Gate records it |
|---|---|
| Case | A12/0501/13 |
| Report | Report-2013-016 |
| Brand | Volvo |
| Model | C30, S40 And V50 |
| Risk level | Serious risk |
| Hazard | Injuries |
| Notified by | Portugal |
| Origin | Sweden |
| Published | 26 April 2013 |
| Read by this site | 24 August 2026 |
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Volvo C30 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Volvo C30 is named on 1 American notices, 5 Canadian, 17 British and 1 Japanese. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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Volvo elsewhere in this register
Volvo is named on 115 notices in the copy of the European Safety Gate’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- A12/0040/13 · 18 January 2013 · S60, V60 · Injuries
- A12/1823/13 · 13 December 2013 · S60, S80, V60, V70, XC60 and XC70 · Injuries
- A12/1474/12 · 12 October 2012 · V60, V70, XC70, S80 · Injuries
- A12/0254/14 · 21 February 2014 · S40 and V50 · Injuries
- 0537/12 · 6 April 2012 · Fire
- 0480/12 · 23 March 2012 · S60, V60, XC60, S80, V70 and XC70 · Injuries
- 0026/12 · 6 January 2012 · Injuries
- 1076/11 · 14 October 2011 · Injuries
The same risk: Injuries
834 notices in this register name Injuries. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
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- A12/01657/23 · 21 July 2023 · Koleos Ii · Injuries
- A12/01653/23 · 21 July 2023 · Q4 e-tron, Q4 e-tron Sportback · Injuries
- A12/01734/23 · 28 July 2023 · Berlingo / Combo / Partner · Injuries
- A12/01740/23 · 28 July 2023 · Tarraco · Injuries
- A12/01739/23 · 28 July 2023 · Focus · Injuries
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