EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Toyota and Lexus “Prius and RX450h” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1175/16
Summary
null The subject vehicles are equipped with a “hybrid” type front passenger air bag inflator which contains compressed gas and propellant in the same combustion chamber. The burst disk in some inflators may have been improperly welded and/or misassembled. If this occurs, the disk membrane could burst only from the stored pressure of compressed gas in the inflator, allowing the gas to escape without a deployment…
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Product
Passenger car — Toyota and Lexus
- Brand
- Toyota and Lexus
- Name / model
- Prius and RX450h · Models code: Prius (ZVW50) and RX450h (AGL20, AGL25, GGL25, GYL25);
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car.
- Production dates: Production year: 2016.
What is the risk?
- null The subject vehicles are equipped with a “hybrid” type front passenger air bag inflator which contains compressed gas and propellant in the same combustion chamber. The burst disk in some inflators may have been improperly welded and/or misassembled. If this occurs, the disk membrane could burst only from the stored pressure of compressed gas in the inflator, allowing the gas to escape without a deployment command. This could result in the partial inflation of the front passenger air bag.An airbag that inflates in this manner can, under some circumstances, increase the risk of injury and the possibility of a crash.
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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