{
  "alert_number": "A12/1781/12",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-1781-12",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/52204",
  "safety_gate_published": "2012-11-22",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2012,
    "week": 48,
    "date": "2012-11-30"
  },
  "category": "Motor vehicles",
  "product": "Passenger car",
  "brand_as_notified": "Toyota",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Toyota",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/toyota"
    }
  ],
  "name": "1. Avensis 2. Corolla3. Prius",
  "model": "Vehicles affected: Avensis with 1.6 and 1.8l petrol engine, Japanese produced Corolla and Prius vehicles which are all equipped with Electric Motor assisted Power Steering [EMPS]. Informati.....",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Passenger car.1. Avensis (origin: United Kingdom)2. Corolla (origin: Japan)3. Prius (origin: Japan)",
  "production_dates": "-",
  "risk_type": "Injuries",
  "risk": "null Due to their insufficient hardness, the splines which connect the intermediate extension shaft of the steering system to the steering gear box may deform, develop increased backlash and eventually wear out, which could result in a loss of steering ability. This might happen if the steering wheel is frequently and forcefully turned to the full-lock position while driving at slow speed.",
  "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": "United Kingdom",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [
      "-"
    ],
    "models": [
      "Vehicles affected: Avensis with 1.6 and 1.8l petrol engine, Japanese produced Corolla and Prius vehicles which are all equipped with Electric Motor assisted Power Steering [EMPS]. Informati....."
    ]
  },
  "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."
}