Window lifter modules with poor lubrication that can overheat and burn (Toyota Auris I and RAV4 III, 2015 recall)

Engine / equipment

Toyota Auris I diesel and RAV4 III (with other Toyota models)

Period mentioned

Recall of October 2015

Symptoms

Window lifters that jam and, in the worst case, a short circuit with overheating and fire.

Possible cause described

According to the ADAC, from manufacturing faults (insufficient internal lubrication that leaves metal abrasion) the window lifter module can short-circuit, overheat and burn. Dealers replace the module with an improved version in an hour and free. In Germany it covered 100,000 cars (with other models). An earlier recall (October 2012) dealt with the window lifter switches, about 136,375 cars.

Check for the garage

Ask Toyota by VIN whether it was done. If a window is very stiff, noisy or smells burnt in the door, do not use it and tell the garage.

Cost cited in the source

Free under the recall.A rough figure from the original database, not an up-to-date quote.

Sources from the original database