Toyota recalls passenger vehicle GT86

November 13, 2018

Toyota Ireland is carrying out a voluntary recall of GT86 vehicles.

The risk identified regards the excessive performance load compared to the design assumption of the valve spring, and manufacturing variation (variation of metal fatigue strength and micro foreign matter in the spring material), performance load may exceed the valve spring’s fatigue strength and potentially fracture.

If the valve spring fractures, the engine may stall while driving and may become unable to restart it, increasing safety risk.

The recalled models is the GT86 and they were manufactured between April 2012 and May 2013. 63 affected vehicles were made available on the Irish market.

What to do:

Toyota Ireland will be writing directly to those customers affected in this recall to arrange to have the affected parts in their vehicles replaced.

The letter will advise consumers affected by this voluntary recall to contact their nearest Toyota Dealer/Authorised Repairer who will arrange to do the repair free of charge. Toyota Ireland can be contacted on: 01 419 0222.

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