{
  "alert_number": "A12/0166/13",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-0166-13",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/59979",
  "safety_gate_published": "2013-02-01",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2013,
    "week": 5,
    "date": "2013-02-08"
  },
  "category": "Motor vehicles",
  "product": "Passenger car",
  "brand_as_notified": "Lexus",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Lexus",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/lexus"
    }
  ],
  "name": "IS",
  "model": "The recall concerns left hand drive vehicles. Year: 2005-2011. VINs are available in the <a href=\"http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/images/rapex/2013-w5/2013-w5_37-vins.pdf\">attached document</a>.",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Passenger car.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Injuries",
  "risk": "null The wiper arm nuts on the front wipers may be insufficiently tight. If the movement of wipers is restricted by an external load, such as a build-up of heavy snow on the windscreen, the wiper motor torque may exceed the wiper arm slipping torque, and one, or both, of the wipers could become inoperative. If this occurs, driver visibility could be reduced, which could lead to an accident.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Recall of the product from end users",
      "operator": "Other",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": null
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other\nCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users\nDate of entry into force: Unknown",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Portugal",
  "country_of_origin": "Japan",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "The recall concerns left hand drive vehicles. Year: 2005-2011. VINs are available in the <a href=\"http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/images/rapex/2013-w5/2013-w5_37-vins.pdf\">attached document</a>."
    ]
  },
  "licence": "Weekly-report fields CC0 1.0; official_record and counterfeit: © European Union, CC BY 4.0",
  "source": "EU Safety Gate. recallarchive is independent and not affiliated with the European Commission; the official notice is authoritative."
}