LEXUS IS 350, GS 350, GS 450h, LS 460, LS 460L, LS 600HL. Published by Transport Canada as 2010221 on 5 July 2010. System: Engine.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the material composition of the engine valve springs may include micro-foreign objects, which may compromise the strength of the valve spring, causing the spring to degrade and break. If a valve springs breaks, abnormal noise and rough engine performance will be noticed and, in the worst case, …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2010221
- Recall date
- 5 July 2010
- Make
- Lexus
- Models
- Is 350, GS 350, GS 450h, LS 460, LS 460L, LS 600hl, GS 460
- Model years
- 2006 to 2008
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 3,702
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the material composition of the engine valve springs may include micro-foreign objects, which may compromise the strength of the valve spring, causing the spring to degrade and break. If a valve springs breaks, abnormal noise and rough engine performance will be noticed and, in the worst case, the engine could fail and stop suddenly while the vehicle is in motion. A sudden engine failure would result in lost propulsion which, in conjunction with traffic, road conditions, and driver's reactions, could increase the risk of a crash causing property damage, personal injury or death. Correction: Dealers will install new valve springs.
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 2010221.
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.
- 2010254 · 29 July 2010 · LX 470 · Steering
- 2010210 · 25 June 2010 · HS 250h · Fuel System
- 2010167 · 28 May 2010 · LS 460L, LS 460, LS 600h · Steering
- 2010126 · 20 April 2010 · GX 460 · Other
- 2010361 · 21 October 2010 · Highlander, RX 330, Avalon · Brakes
- 2010037 · 9 February 2010 · PRIUS, HS 250h · Brakes
- 2011037 · 26 January 2011 · Is 350, Is 250, GS 300 · Fuel System
- 2011080 · 24 February 2011 · GS 300, GS 350 · Other
The same system: Engine
287 notices in this register name Engine. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2010413 · 17 November 2010 · Ce School Bus, HC Commercial Bus, 4400 · Engine
- 2010416 · 18 November 2010 · XC60, XC70, S80 · Engine
- 2010021 · 28 January 2010 · LFS · Engine
- 2010015 · 22 January 2010 · Vibe · Engine
- 2010006 · 14 January 2010 · Ii, V, Vi · Engine
- 2011005 · 5 January 2011 · Multistrada 1200 · Engine
Reading this against the source
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This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Lexus GS 350, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
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 468 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2010.
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