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Koenigsegg shares update on Jesko fire incident investigation
Koenigsegg has released an official statement regarding the Jesko that caught fire in Greece last week. Following the incident, the car was shipped to the Angelholm factory for investigation. The automaker has now published its findings.
Koenigsegg has ruled out the fuel tank, engine oil and gearbox oil system to be the cause of the fire. Instead, the hydraulic system appears to be the main culprit. A streak of hydraulic fluid was found behind the car on the road, which indicates that a pressurized hydraulic hose was compromised.
Koenigsegg has already issued a Do-Not-Drive order to all Jesko owners. All cars will be inspected for defects in the installation of hydraulic hoses. The company is also working on a software update that can sense a pressure drop or leak in less than a second and shut down the hydraulic system immediately.
Official statement:
After the incident last week in Greece where a Jesko caught fire, there has been an around the clock investigation at Koenigsegg to understand what happened.
Most importantly, no one was hurt. This we are incredibly grateful for.
We have asked all Jesko owners to hold off driving their cars until we gain a better understanding of the situation while we are gathering all the cars to our service centers.
The fuel tank, engine oil and gearbox oil system were still intact in the vehicle after the fire was put out, and they were not compromised or affected by the fire, nor the source of fire.
However, there was a streak of hydraulic fluid behind the car on the road. Given this we have investigated the pressurized hydraulic system, which is the only system that contains this fluid.
When looking close at the car we also found that a pressurized hydraulic hose was compromised at the rear of the car. This in combination with the streak of hydraulic fluid on the road clearly indicate that this was the cause of the fire.
We are now checking the installation of all hydraulic hoses in this area on all production Jesko’s and all the Jesko’s in the field, to ensure that the installation is not compromised.
Furthermore, to add one more layer of safety we are now testing and developing a software update that can sense a pressure drop or leak in less than a second and shut down the hydraulic system immediately, to avoid a fire, even if there ever was a leak again.
We are aiming to be able to release the first version of software of this added feature at the end of next week, while checking and releasing the cars shortly thereafter.
We are also incredibly grateful to the owner of the car in Greece for giving us his continued support and that we will be able to supply him with a new car so he can continue his Koenigsegg journey.
Yours Sincerely,
Christian von Koenigsegg
Source: Koenigsegg
