LEXUS

The risk

This product poses a risk of fire because in a section of the fuel line located in the engine compartment of the subject vehicles, due to the improper orientation of the fuel line’s seam weld during a bending operation in fabrication, there is a possibility that stress at the seam weld location may become high, causing a small crack to develop as a result of the action of small amounts of corrosive ingredients in the fuel. If the vehicle is continuously operated in this condition, the crack on the fuel line may expand as a result of fuel pressure fluctuation and, in the worst case, fuel could leak from the fuel line.

Product: The recall concerns 2004 and 2005 model year LEXUS IS250 and GS300 vehicles. VIS :- IS250: 00001015-00003003, 02000011-02006199, 05000019-05006048.- GS300: 00001011-00001019, 05000014-05028535.

Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · official text, unchanged

Measures taken

Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other Category of measure(s): Voluntary corrective actions taken by the importer.Date of entry into force: Unknown

Other fire alerts in 2007

36 of the 201 motor vehicle alerts published in 2007 concerned the same risk.

Who notified alerts in 2007

Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2007

More Lexus alerts

29 EU Safety Gate alerts for Lexus since 2007; the most were issued in 2011 (4).

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