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Fire risk Published 9 Apr 2014 Ref JP-1133440

Toyota/Subaru: Starting Device

Translated from Japanese · machine translation

Safety-critical recall — fire risk. If your vehicle is affected, contact your dealer before driving.
Country
Japan
Published
9 Apr 2014
Units affected
19151
Reference
JP-1133440

Affected vehicles

Subaru Trezia 2012–2013 Toyota Auris 2012–2013 Toyota Corolla Axio 2012–2013 Toyota Corolla Fielder 2012–2013 Toyota Spade 2012–2013 Toyota Porte 2012–2013 Toyota Ractis 2012–2013

Hazard

The starter relay in the starting device has improper energization settings, causing silver components to accumulate at the contact points. Continued use in this state may result in silver components separating from the contact points and lodging in the circuit, causing the relay to remain energized and the starter to continue rotating. In the worst case, this may lead to fire.
Show original (日本語)
始動装置のスタータにおいて、スタータ駆動用リレーの通電設定が不適切なため、接点部に銀成分が凝集するものがある。そのため、そのままの状態で使用を続けると、接点部から銀成分がはがれ落ち、回路内に挟まると当該リレーが通電状態となりスタータが回転し続け、最悪の場合、火災に至るおそれがある。

Remedy

Replace the relay with a corrective part and replace the starter with a new unit on all vehicles.
Show original (日本語)
全車両、当該リレーを対策品と交換するとともにスタータを新品と交換する。

Official source

View the official recall notice