A12/1601/1922 October 2019

Passenger car

Toyota · Auris, C-HR, Hilux, Prius

What is the danger

The accessory seat cover kit may not be installed correctly causing the seat covers not to tear as designed in the event of an airbag deployment.

As a result, the cover could prevent the seat-mounted side airbag from deploying properly, increasing the risk of injury in the event of a crash.

Description: Passenger cars equipped with accessory seat cover kit under Toyota recall code: 19SMD094.
Brand: Toyota
Model / type: Type-approval number: Auris (e11*2001/116*0305), C-HR (e11*2007/46*3641), Hilux (e21*NKS*0057), Prius (e11*2007/46*2971).
Batch: The affected vehicles were manufactured between 2014 and 2019.

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

Alert number: A12/1601/19 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2019-044
Published: 22 October 2019
Corrigendum: Notification A12/1154/19 has been permanently withdrawn from report 2019-31 of 02-08-2019 at the request of the notifying authority following new test results that prove compliance of the product. The brand name in notification A12/1393/19 of report 2019-39 has been corrected at the request of the notifying authority. Notification A12/1451/19 has temporarily been unpublished from web report 2019-40 at the request of the notifying authority due to an ongoing investigation. The category in notifications A12/1638/19 and A12/1641/19 has been changed from "Cosmetics" into "Chemical Products" after agreement with notifying authority. An additional distributor and the related voluntary measures have been added to A12/1641/19 on request of the notifying authority. In agreement with the notifying authority the products in notifications A12/16438/19 and A12/1641/19 have been changed to product not of professional use.

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