EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car "Avensis" Toyota. — risk: fire
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. 0096/11
Summary
null The product poses a risk of fire as:(1) The fuel pipe may develop small cracks and, in the worst case, causing fuel to leak.(2) Over time, fuel leakage may occur from the high pressure fuel pump check valve during operation of the fuel pump.
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Product
Passenger car "Avensis" — Toyota.
- Brand
- Toyota.
- Name / model
- Certain vehicles with 2.0 or 2.4 litre direct injection petrol engine (D4), model year: 2000 to 2008."See <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/images/rapex/2011-w5/2011-w5_24-vins.pdf">at.....
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car
What is the risk?
- null The product poses a risk of fire as:(1) The fuel pipe may develop small cracks and, in the worst case, causing fuel to leak.(2) Over time, fuel leakage may occur from the high pressure fuel pump check valve during operation of the fuel pump.
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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