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Passenger car – Toyota “Avensis and RAV4”

Serious risk Environment

Published by Safety Gate 7 Dec 2017In the weekly report of 15 Dec 2017 (week 50, 2017)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 3 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car
Brand
Toyota (219 alerts)
Name
Avensis and RAV4
Type / model
Model Name (Model Code): Avensis (WWT271) and RAV4 (WWA42); EC-type approval numbers: Avensis (e11*2001/116*0331) and RAV4 (e6*2001/116*0105).
Batch numbers
Production year: 2016. The subject vehicles are equipped with a 2.0 litre turbocharged diesel engine. (official alert record)
Description
Passenger car.
Production dates
Production year: 2016. The subject vehicles are equipped with a 2.0 litre turbocharged diesel engine.
Risk
There is a possibility that the bolts on the exhaust-side of the turbocharger assembly may not have been correctly tightened due to defective tightening equipment. The bolts could loosen over time, causing insufficient sealing of the turbocharger and could allow exhaust gas leakage from the turbocharger.
Measures
  • Recall of the product from end users · by the importer
Notifying country
Portugal
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/1791/17
    European Commission, Safety Gaterecord fields marked “official alert record”: © European Union, CC BY 4.0; values listed separately here
  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2017-050 (XML)
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