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Passenger car – Ford Maverick and Ford Escape – Ford

Serious risk Fire

Published by Safety Gate 28 Jun 2007In the weekly report of 29 Jun 2007 (week 25, 2007)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 7 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car – Ford Maverick and Ford Escape
Brand
Ford (229 alerts)
Type / model
- Type 1EZ, EC type approval e4*98/14*0043,- Type 1EZR, EC type approval e4*98/14*0051,- Type 1N2R, EC type approval e13*2001/116*0091, and- Type 1N2, EC type approval e13*2001/116*0093.
Description
Concerns vehicles with left-hand drive and ABS built between 22 October 1999 and 23 January 2004.
Risk
This product poses a serious risk of fire because of badly fitted cable seals on the ABS module plug, the latter can become contaminated, leading to a short-circuit. Excessive heat generation in the ABS module can cause a smell of burning and smoke. In extreme cases the vehicle can catch fire. This might also happen after the engine has been switched off.
Measures
  • Voluntary corrective actions taken by the manufacturer
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
Germany
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0606/07
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2007-25 (XML)
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