Lexus Gs 350, Gs 300, Is 250, Is 350, Ls 460L, Ls 460. Published by Transport Canada as 2009015 on 19 January 2009. System: Fuel System.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the use of selected ethanol fuels may cause the aluminium fuel rails to corrode. This could result in plugged fuel injector(s), causing a rough engine idle and/or the illumination of the engine warning lamp. Corrosion may also cause a pinhole to develop on the fuel rail, which could result in …
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Lexus GS 350 in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2009015
- Recall date
- 19 January 2009
- Make
- Lexus
- Models
- GS 350, GS 300, Is 250, Is 350, LS 460L, LS 460
- Model years
- 2006 to 2008
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Fuel System
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 8,391
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the use of selected ethanol fuels may cause the aluminium fuel rails to corrode. This could result in plugged fuel injector(s), causing a rough engine idle and/or the illumination of the engine warning lamp. Corrosion may also cause a pinhole to develop on the fuel rail, which could result in fuel leakage. Fuel leakage, in the presence of an ignition source, could result in a vehicle fire. Correction: Dealers will replace the fuel rails.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2009015.
Lexus elsewhere in this register
Lexus is named on 109 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2009290 · 7 October 2009 · Prius, Tacoma, Avalon · Other
- 2010037 · 9 February 2010 · PRIUS, HS 250h · Brakes
- 2010126 · 20 April 2010 · GX 460 · Other
- 2010167 · 28 May 2010 · LS 460L, LS 460, LS 600h · Steering
- 2010210 · 25 June 2010 · HS 250h · Fuel System
- 2010221 · 5 July 2010 · IS 350, GS 350, GS 450h · Engine
- 2010254 · 29 July 2010 · LX 470 · Steering
- 2010361 · 21 October 2010 · Highlander, RX 330, Avalon · Brakes
The same system: Fuel System
866 notices in this register name Fuel System. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2009007 · 9 January 2009 · Durango · Fuel System
- 2009047 · 16 February 2009 · Hawk Jr 120 · Fuel System
- 2009106 · 8 April 2009 · E350 Cutaway Chassis Cab, E450 Cutaway Chassis Cab · Fuel System
- 2009132 · 7 May 2009 · Yukon, Suburban, Tahoe · Fuel System
- 2009143 · 19 May 2009 · 1098r, 848, 1198 · Fuel System
- 2009207 · 9 July 2009 · 170-Popular · Fuel System
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Lexus: 109 in the register, and 368 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2009.
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