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Passenger car - Axle shaft end of passenger car – FORD

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 17 Apr 2008In the weekly report of 18 Apr 2008 (week 15, 2008)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car - Axle shaft end of passenger car
Brand
Ford (229 alerts)
Brand as notified
FORD
Type / model
Transit 2000.5 RWD (Recall Ref: 7C136).
Description
The recall concerns 2003 to 2006 model year FORD Transit cars, produced from 11.12.2003 until 30.04.2006 (Southampton, UK) and from 11.12.2003 until 30.07.2005 (Kocaeli, Turkey.
Risk
The product poses a risk of injuries because of wear within the rear axle, between the axle shafts and the differential pinion shaft. Wearing away of the axle shaft will cause axle noise and a change in the vehicle's handling characteristics may be noticed. In cases of severe wearing, it may be possible for the axle shaft retaining clips to detach, resulting in the axle shafts coming out of the casing, thus causing loss of steering and possible instability.
Measures
  • Voluntary corrective action taken by the importer
Notifying country
Greece
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0426/08
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2008-15 (XML)
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