EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Lexus and Toyota “Toyota: C-HR, RAV4 HEV, RAV4 PHV; Lexus: NX450h+, RX350h, RX450h+, RX500h” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/00794/24
Summary
The design of the accessory immobilizer is not robust enough. It allows the vehicle to be in 'Ready ON' mode even when no match is found between the vehicle and its key but will switch the vehicle to 'Ready OFF' after. It can happen while driving, which will stop the car and increase the risk of an accident. The product does not comply with the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and…
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Product
Passenger car — Lexus and Toyota
- Brand
- Lexus and Toyota
- Name / model
- Toyota: C-HR, RAV4 HEV, RAV4 PHV; Lexus: NX450h+, RX350h, RX450h+, RX500h · C-HR: MAXH10, ZYX11, NX450h+: AAZH26, RAV4 HEV: AXAH52, AXAH54, AXAL52, AXAL54, RAV4 PHV: AXAP54, RX350h: AALH15, RX450h+: AALH16, RX500h: TALH17, e6*2007/46*0289*04
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car
- Production dates: C-HR: 08.01.2020 - 29.07.2023NX450h+: 18.11.2021 - 08.02.2022RAV4 HEV: 18.07.2019 - 21.09.2023RAV4 PHV: 30.09.2022 - 29.09.2023RX350h: 11.11.2022 - 23.09.2023RX450h+: 07.11.2022 - 23.11.2023RX500h: 10.11.2022 - 20.09.2023
What is the risk?
- The design of the accessory immobilizer is not robust enough. It allows the vehicle to be in 'Ready ON' mode even when no match is found between the vehicle and its key but will switch the vehicle to 'Ready OFF' after. It can happen while driving, which will stop the car and increase the risk of an accident. The product does not comply with the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ImporterCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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