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Lexus issues hybrid recall
TORRANCE CITY, Calif., (UPI) -- Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp. announced Friday it is recalling 17,000 of its 2010 Lexus HS 250h hybrid cars over fuel spillage concerns.
Toyota said it had notified the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration it was voluntarily recalling the vehicles to address a compliance issue that arose when the federal agency recently conducted a crash test that produced fuel spillage in excess of the U.S. standard.
"Even though our own testing of the Lexus HS 250h shows full compliance with federal fuel system integrity standards, we are working intensely to duplicate the non-compliance issue that the NHTSA identified and to determine the reason behind the different test results," said Steve St. Angelo, Toyota chief quality officer for North America.
Lexus has not yet identified a fix for this issue.
Mark Templin, Lexus Group vice president and general manager, said the company takes the federal test results "very seriously."
"While we are investigating and vigorously working to understand the different test results, we have stopped delivery of the involved vehicles," Templin said. "As soon as the issue is better understood and/or a remedy is developed, we will contact every owner."
Various Lexus models also were subjects of recalls for various issues in May, April, February and last September.
TORRANCE CITY, Calif., (UPI) -- Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp. announced Friday it is recalling 17,000 of its 2010 Lexus HS 250h hybrid cars over fuel spillage concerns.
Toyota said it had notified the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration it was voluntarily recalling the vehicles to address a compliance issue that arose when the federal agency recently conducted a crash test that produced fuel spillage in excess of the U.S. standard.
"Even though our own testing of the Lexus HS 250h shows full compliance with federal fuel system integrity standards, we are working intensely to duplicate the non-compliance issue that the NHTSA identified and to determine the reason behind the different test results," said Steve St. Angelo, Toyota chief quality officer for North America.
Lexus has not yet identified a fix for this issue.
Mark Templin, Lexus Group vice president and general manager, said the company takes the federal test results "very seriously."
"While we are investigating and vigorously working to understand the different test results, we have stopped delivery of the involved vehicles," Templin said. "As soon as the issue is better understood and/or a remedy is developed, we will contact every owner."
Various Lexus models also were subjects of recalls for various issues in May, April, February and last September.
