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Passenger car power-assisted steering hose in Ford Focus – FORD

Serious risk Fire

Published by Safety Gate 31 Aug 2008In the weekly report of 1 Sep 2008 (week 34, 2008)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 9 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car power-assisted steering hose in Ford Focus
Brand
Ford (229 alerts)
Brand as notified
FORD
Type / model
Focus, Focus CC and Focus C-Max
Description
The recall concerns vehicles, produced between 02.04.2008 and 15.05.2008.
Risk
The product poses a risk of fire due to a fault in the power-assisted steering hose which could cause premature failure and leakage of power steering fluid. In extreme cases, the leaking fluid could touch hot components in the engine compartment and ignite, thus starting an engine compartment fire.
Measures
  • Voluntary corrective action taken by the importer
Notifying country
Greece
Country of origin
Germany
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0941/08
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2008-34 (XML)
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