EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Toyota “Verso” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0149/16
Summary
null Under certain conditions condensation in the intake air corrodes the needle bearing housing, thus, the sealing between intake air and the electrical actuator circuit of the throttle body might not be water-tight any more. If water enters in the throttle body actuator circuit, the water might cause a throttle body position misreading or short circuit inside the throttle body electrical actuation mechanism. This…
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Product
Passenger car — Toyota
- Brand
- Toyota
- Name / model
- Verso · - Model name: Verso;- Model Code: WAR20.
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car. Production year: 2014 - 2015.
What is the risk?
- null Under certain conditions condensation in the intake air corrodes the needle bearing housing, thus, the sealing between intake air and the electrical actuator circuit of the throttle body might not be water-tight any more. If water enters in the throttle body actuator circuit, the water might cause a throttle body position misreading or short circuit inside the throttle body electrical actuation mechanism. This might trigger the engine to stall while driving.
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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