Bluecar Bluecar (2016): Power train
Recall 16V004000 · Jan 6, 2016 · Bluecar SAS
149
vehicles affected
149
vehicles affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 16V004000
- Date
- Jan 6, 2016
- Maker
- Bluecar SAS
- Units affected
- 149
- Kind
- Vehicles
- Component
- Power train > Automatic transmission > Gear position indication (prndl)
- Model years
- 2016
- Started by
- The maker
- Hazard
- Crash risk
What is wrong
Bluecar SAS (Bluecar) is recalling certain model year 2016 Bluecar hybrid-electric vehicles manufactured June 7, 2015, to September 11, 2015. The affected vehicles have a gear shift lever that may break preventing the car from maintaining the intended gear position.
What can happen
If the gear shift lever breaks, the vehicle may become immobilized, increasing the risk of a crash.
The fix
Recall repairs are free of charge.
Bluecar has notified the one purchaser of the affected vehicles and the remedy of replacing the gear shift with a newly designed gear lever has begun, free of charge.
Vehicles covered
1 model, 1 model year in all
Related pages
Questions and answers
Which vehicles are in recall 16V004000?
1 model: Bluecar Bluecar (2016), about 149 vehicles in all.
What is the fix for recall 16V004000?
Bluecar has notified the one purchaser of the affected vehicles and the remedy of replacing the gear shift with a newly designed gear lever has begun, free of charge.
What can happen?
If the gear shift lever breaks, the vehicle may become immobilized, increasing the risk of a crash.
A recall means the maker found a safety problem and offers a free fix; it does not mean every unit has the problem. Units affected are as reported by the company. Popular models sell more and so have more recalls and complaints. Official public data; texts are shortened. A dealer can tell whether a single vehicle still needs the repair.