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Passenger car – Toyota “Auris, Avensis, RAV4, Verso”

Serious risk Fire

Published by Safety Gate 30 Mar 2021In the weekly report of 2 Apr 2021 (week 13, 2021)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 3 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car
Brand
Toyota (219 alerts)
Name
Auris, Avensis, RAV4, Verso
Type / model
e11*2001/116*0305*18 (Auris), e11*2001/116*0331*08 (Avensis), e6*2001/116*0105*14 (RAV4), e11*2001/116*0350*09 (Verso)
Batch numbers
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). (official alert record)
Barcodes listed
21SMD-029 (official alert record)
Description
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).
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
  • Recall of the product from end users · by the importer
Company recall code
21SMD-029
Notifying country
Portugal
Country of origin
Japan
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/00444/21
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2021-13 (XML)
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