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Toyota - Vehicle may not enter failsafe driving mode as intended in response to certain hybrid system faults

Official notice

14 Jan 2019

MediumDVSA

An official DVSA notice concerns Toyota - Vehicle may not enter failsafe driving mode as intended in response to certain hybrid system faults. Vehicle may not enter failsafe driving mode as intended in response to certain hybrid system faults Published 2019-01-14.

What to do now

Reprogram the power management ecu.

Units affected

55,519

Recall number

R-2018-293

Official notice

2019-01-14

The hazard

Vehicle may not enter failsafe driving mode as intended in response to certain hybrid system faults

How to check if you're affected

Compare the VIN on your vehicle against the official list. If your VIN is listed, follow the official notice.

Models

PRIUS+

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Affected products

Product 1

TOYOTA (GB) PLC PRIUS+

Units affected

55,519

Risk / hazard

Vehicle may not enter failsafe driving mode as intended in response to certain hybrid system faults

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

GB · United Kingdom

Affected area 1

GB · United Kingdom

Company & contacts

Brand

Manufacturer

Toyota (gb) plc

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Toyota. Contact: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).

Source & status

Source

Tier

beta

Category

VEHICLES

Classification

DVSA recall R-2018-293

App estimate

medium

Recall details

Recall number

R-2018-293

Campaign number

18SMD-088

Units affected

55,519

Classification

DVSA recall R-2018-293

Source tier

beta

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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