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A12/1791/17

Passenger car

Toyota · Avensis and RAV4

Motor vehiclesEnvironment
Country of origin
UK
Notifying country
Portugal
Counterfeit
No
Open the alert on the European Commission website ↗

What is the danger

There is a possibility that the bolts on the exhaust-side of the turbocharger assembly may not have been correctly tightened due to defective tightening equipment.

Requirements breached

The bolts could loosen over time, causing insufficient sealing of the turbocharger and could allow exhaust gas leakage from the turbocharger.

Measures taken

  1. Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: Importer

Product

Description
Passenger car.
Brand
Toyota
Model / type
Model Name (Model Code): Avensis (WWT271) and RAV4 (WWA42); EC-type approval numbers: Avensis (e11*2001/116*0331) and RAV4 (e6*2001/116*0105).
Batch
Production year: 2016. The subject vehicles are equipped with a 2.0 litre turbocharged diesel engine.

Original source

Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.

Alert number
A12/1791/17 ↗
Weekly report
Report-2017-050
Published
7 December 2017
Corrigendum
Notification A11/0128/17 from web report 2017-041 has been updated to include several other models affected by the measure.

© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/292015

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