The risk
The gas generator on the driver side frontal airbag may be defective. Metal fragments can be released when the airbag is activated, causing injury to the occupants.
Product: Passenger car under Toyota recall code: 5KET-040.
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · official text, unchanged
Measures taken
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Manufacturer Category of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users Date of entry into force: Unknown
Models on CarsLore
The alert names these models; open one for its complaints, recalls in other countries and inspection results.
Other injuries alerts in 2019
421 of the 509 motor vehicle alerts published in 2019 concerned the same risk.
| A12/00004/19 20 Dec 2019 | Mercedes- Benz EQC |
| A12/00007/19 20 Dec 2019 | Peugeot Expert, Traveller |
| A12/00008/19 20 Dec 2019 | Aston Martin DB11, DBS SUPERLEGGERA, VANTAGE |
| A12/00013/19 20 Dec 2019 | Mercedes-Benz V-Class, Vito |
| A12/00014/19 20 Dec 2019 | Ducati Hypermotard 950 |
| A12/00015/19 20 Dec 2019 | Peugeot 301 |
| A12/00016/19 20 Dec 2019 | Peugeot 208 I 2008 I |
| A12/00017/19 20 Dec 2019 | Bmw 3er, 5er |
Who notified alerts in 2019
| Notifying country | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Germany | 335 |
| United Kingdom | 47 |
| Portugal | 45 |
| France | 39 |
| Italy | 12 |
| Poland | 10 |
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2019
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