EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car RX Lexus — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. 0216/11
Summary
null The product poses a risk of injuries because on the affected vehicles, if the forward retention clip, used to secure the floor carpet cover located in front of the centre console, is not installed properly, the cover may lean sideways and interfere with the accelerator pedal. If this occurs, the accelerator pedal may temporarily become stuck in a partially depressed position when returning to the idle position.
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Product
Passenger car RX — Lexus
- Brand
- Lexus
- Name / model
- RX300, RX330, RX350 and RX400h. Years: 2003 – 2006; left hand drive models. VIN range of affected vehicles is <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/images/rapex/2011-w10/2011-w10_10-vins.pdf">at.....
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car
What is the risk?
- null The product poses a risk of injuries because on the affected vehicles, if the forward retention clip, used to secure the floor carpet cover located in front of the centre console, is not installed properly, the cover may lean sideways and interfere with the accelerator pedal. If this occurs, the accelerator pedal may temporarily become stuck in a partially depressed position when returning to the idle position.
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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