Passenger car - Avensis
Toyota
Motor vehiclesInjuries
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Notifying country
- Greece
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
The product poses a risk of injuries because the towing hitch installation bolts are over-tightened, which could cause the bolts to break under certain usage conditions. This could lead to road accidents.
Measures taken
- Voluntary recall from consumers and corrective actions taken by the manufacturer. Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- The measures concern vehicles, produced from 29 October 2008 through 10 February 2009 with a towing hitch.
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 1019/09 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2009-29
- Published
- 30 July 2009
- Corrigendum
- Corrigenda Notification 0499/09 from week 14 of 2009 has been permanently removed following clarification on the risk. Notification 0948 /09 from week 27 of 2009 has been removed pending clarification of the risk assessment.
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