{
  "alert_number": "A12/00555/22",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-00555-22",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10005690",
  "safety_gate_published": "2022-04-29",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2022,
    "week": 14,
    "date": "2022-04-08"
  },
  "category": "Motor vehicles",
  "product": "Passenger car",
  "brand_as_notified": "Ford",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Ford",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/ford"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Explorer",
  "model": "-",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Passenger cars, without type approval numbers because they are grey import vehicles.",
  "production_dates": "9.4.2012 - 30.9.2017",
  "risk_type": "Injuries",
  "risk": "Corrosion of the bearing pin in the bearing bush can increase the frictional resistance of the bearing to such an extent that the vertical forces occurring are absorbed by the track rod itself. As a result, the track rod of the rear suspension system may break reducing the steering control of the vehicle and increasing the risk of an accident. The product does not comply with the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Recall of the product from end users",
      "operator": "Other",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": null
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other\nCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users\nDate of entry into force: Unknown",
  "company_recall_code": "21S32",
  "recall_page": "http://www.etis.ford.com/",
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Germany",
  "country_of_origin": "United States",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [
      "21S32"
    ],
    "batches": [
      "9.4.2012 - 30.9.2017"
    ],
    "models": [
      "-"
    ]
  },
  "licence": "Weekly-report fields CC0 1.0; official_record and counterfeit: © European Union, CC BY 4.0",
  "source": "EU Safety Gate. recallarchive is independent and not affiliated with the European Commission; the official notice is authoritative."
}