Level: Serious risk
Type: Consumer products
Ref.: A12/1369/16
Notifying country: Portugal
Country of origin: Japan
Counterfeit:
Risk type: Injuries
Product: Passenger car
Product name: Prius
Product description: Passenger cars.
Brand: Toyota
Category: Motor vehicles
Type/number of model: Unknown
Batch number/Barcode: Models affected have been produced between 01/08/2015 and 04/10/2016
OECD Portal Category: 77000000 - Automotive
Risk: Over time, the parking brake cable, which is part of the foot-operated parking brake system, could disengage, causing the parking brake to become inoperative. If the transmission is left in a gear other than 'Park' while ignition is on, the vehicle could roll away.
Measures adopted by notifying country: Measures taken by economic operators: Recall of the product from end users (By: Importer)
Products were found and measures were taken also in:: Bulgaria, Germany, Poland