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CarsLore / EU safety alerts / 2014 / A12/1696/14

Lexus Lexus IS, GS and LS

Safety Gate alert A12/1696/14 · Passenger car · published 31 Oct 2014

FireRisk
Serious riskRisk level
PortugalNotified by
JapanCountry of origin

The risk

The gasket seated between the fuel pressure sensor and the duel pipe could become degraded. During vehicle operation, fuel could leak past the gasket. In the presence of an ignition source, this could increase the risk of a vehicle fire.

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

Measures taken

Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other 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.

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16 of the 198 motor vehicle alerts published in 2014 concerned the same risk.

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Who notified alerts in 2014

Notifying countryAlerts
Germany90
Portugal31
United Kingdom29
Greece21
Spain10
Poland4

Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2014

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