Fire

Passenger car - Toyota Yaris– sound insulator

Toyota
Case number
0168/09
Category
Motor vehicles
Type / Model
Yaris
Audience
Consumer
Notifying country
🇬🇷 Greece
Country of origin
🇫🇷 France
Published
2009-01-30

⚠️ Risk

The product poses a risk of fire because of sound insulator underneath the front seatbelt retractor with pyrotechnic pretensioner, located at the bottom of the center pillar. There is a possibility that the sound insulator may become damaged by the high temperature gas generated from the seat belt pretensioner when it is activated in the event of a crash. In the worst case, if the insulator ignites, this condition may result in a post-collision fire.

Measures

Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Voluntary corrective actions taken by the importer.Date of entry into force: Unknown

The recall concerns vehicles, produced from 13 June 2005 through 9 April 2007 (Japan), or from 7 November 2005 to 17 April 2007 (France).