More than 80 thousand Toyota and Lexus vehicles are to be recalled in Russia

Toyota Motor Company announced the recall of 82,641 Toyota High Lander, Land Cruiser Prado, RAV 4 and Lexus RX 200T, RX350, RX 450H cars, which were sold from December 2015 to the present time.

The reason for the recall is the features of the seal that holds the heater inside the nozzle. There is a likelihood of a gap between the seal and the nozzle body, which over time can lead to cracks in the heater, the press service of Rosstandart informed. In case of such situation, water with anti-icing reagents can penetrate the heating element and lead to its short circuit and overheating, and in the worst case, to fire. In cars, windshield washer nozzles will be replaced with upgraded ones. All work will be free of charge for owners.

As AUTOSTAT previously reported, in 2019, Rosstandart agreed on 139 action programs aimed at preventing harm during the operation of vehicles. The total number of recalled vehicles was 649,594 units. In addition to cars, among the recalled vehicles in 2019 there were also motorcycles Yamaha, Harley-Davidson and Ski-Doo snowmobiles. The total number of recalled motorcycles and snowmobiles reached 1080 units. In total, since 2015, when Rosstandart began to develop actively car recall mechanisms, more than 3.5 million units of vehicles fell under the recall.