The risk
A crack in the fuel pulsation damper may lead to a fuel leak. Fuel leakage close to a source of ignition may increase the risk of the vehicle catching fire.
Product: Passenger car under Lexus recall code 18SMD-054 .
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 fire alerts in 2018
46 of the 419 motor vehicle alerts published in 2018 concerned the same risk.
| A12/1944/18 21 Dec 2018 | Cadillac CTS |
| A12/1727/18 16 Nov 2018 | Suzuki DL650A, GSX-S750, GSX-R1000 |
| A12/1657/18 9 Nov 2018 | Ford Mustang |
| A12/1535/18 19 Oct 2018 | VW Tiguan Touran |
| A12/1500/18 12 Oct 2018 | Dodge Ram |
| A12/1382/18 28 Sept 2018 | Mercedes-Benz C-class, E-class |
| A12/1385/18 28 Sept 2018 | Mercedes-Benz GL, GLE, GLS, ML |
| A12/1423/18 28 Sept 2018 | Dodge RAM |
Who notified alerts in 2018
| Notifying country | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Germany | 241 |
| France | 55 |
| United Kingdom | 41 |
| Portugal | 37 |
| Poland | 14 |
| Greece | 10 |
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2018
More Lexus alerts
29 EU Safety Gate alerts for Lexus since 2007; the most were issued in 2011 (4).
| UX300e Injuries | Sept 2025 |
| Nx Injuries | Dec 2024 |
| UX 300h Injuries | Sept 2024 |
| Nx300, rx300 Fire | Feb 2024 |
| Various models of GS, IS and RC Fire | Dec 2022 |
| Nx Injuries | Apr 2022 |
| Gs3543/45h, lc500/500h, ls500/500h, ls600h, rx350/450h, rx350l/450 Injuries | Mar 2020 |
| CT200h Injuries | Nov 2019 |