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Lexus Fuel Pump Failures Cause Recall

A Lexus fuel pump recall involves about 9,700 vehicles because the low-pressure fuel pumps inside the fuel tanks can fail.

The recall includes 2015-2022 Lexus RC, 2016-2020 Lexus GS and 2022 Lexus IS vehicles.

The Lexus fuel pump impeller is made of resin that can swell and interfere with other components, causing damage to the fuel pump.

A failed Lexus fuel pump will cause warnings to activate and the engine will stall and refuse to restart.

The fuel pump failures were already under investigation in Japan when U.S. Lexus vehicles suffered from fuel pump failures. Engineers looked at the polymer density in the fuel pump impellers and how hot the pumps were getting. But Lexu …


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