EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Lexus “NX” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/00621/22
Summary
Certain spot-welds were missed during the welding of the body panels to the left and right front shock absorbers.As a result, cracks and breakage may occur on other spot-welds and/or on the body panels around the front shock absorber mounting areas. This could cause a front shock absorber to separate from the mounting area, resulting in a loss of vehicle driving stability, increasing the risk of an accident. The…
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Product
Passenger car — Lexus
- Brand
- Lexus
- Name / model
- NX · e6*2018/858*00081*00
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Model Name (Model Code): NX (AAZA20, AAZA25, AAZH20, AAZH25, AAZH26, MAZA20, TAZA25);Model Year: 2021~2022.
- Production dates: 15/04/2021 - 27/01/2022
What is the risk?
- Certain spot-welds were missed during the welding of the body panels to the left and right front shock absorbers.As a result, cracks and breakage may occur on other spot-welds and/or on the body panels around the front shock absorber mounting areas. This could cause a front shock absorber to separate from the mounting area, resulting in a loss of vehicle driving stability, increasing 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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