EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Toyota “Auris, Avensis, RAV4, Verso” — risk: fire
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/00444/21
Summary
Due to insufficient durability, the Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) cooler may develop an internal coolant leak which could create smouldering deposits inside the EGR cooler and the intake manifold.This may result in localised thermal damage in the intake system, which might lead to engine power reduction and to increased risk of fire.
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Product
Passenger car — Toyota
- Brand
- Toyota
- Name / model
- Auris, Avensis, RAV4, Verso · e11*2001/116*0305*18 (Auris), e11*2001/116*0331*08 (Avensis), e6*2001/116*0105*14 (RAV4), e11*2001/116*0350*09 (Verso)
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Model (frame code): Auris (WWE185), Avensis (WWT270, WWT271), RAV4 (WWA42), Verso (WAR20);Model year: 2015~2018;Countries of production: United Kingdom (Auris, Avensis), Japan (RAV4), Turkey (Verso).
- Production dates: 28/04/2015 - 04/05/2018 (Auris), 06/05/2015 - 04/05/2018 (Avensis), 12/06/2015 - 31/05/2018 (RAV4), 02/03/2015 - 09/11/2017 (Verso).
What is the risk?
- Due to insufficient durability, the Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) cooler may develop an internal coolant leak which could create smouldering deposits inside the EGR cooler and the intake manifold.This may result in localised thermal damage in the intake system, which might lead to engine power reduction and to increased risk of fire.
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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