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Passenger car Prius – Toyota

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 1 Jun 2011In the weekly report of 17 Jun 2011 (week 24, 2011)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 1 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car Prius
Brand
Toyota (219 alerts)
Type / model
Prius NHW11. The recall concerns vehicles, produced from 25 January 2000 to 20 May 2003, with VINs in the range JT1 53FU1# #0001001 to #0088335.
Description
Passenger car.
Risk
null The product poses a risk of injuries because if the steering wheel is repeatedly and strongly turned to the full-lock position, there is a possibility that the nuts securing the pinion shaft in the steering gearbox assembly may come loose. If the vehicle is continuously operated in this condition, the pinion shaft could become unstable and power generated by the electric motor may not be fully transmitted. This could result in a significantly increased steering effort being needed when making a left turn and could lead to a road accident.
Notifying country
Greece
Country of origin
Japan
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0548/11
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2011-024 (XML)
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