Fire

Passenger car power-assisted steering hose in Ford Focus

FORD
Case number
0941/08
Category
Motor vehicles
Type / Model
Focus, Focus CC and Focus C-Max
Audience
Consumer
Notifying country
🇬🇷 Greece
Country of origin
🇩🇪 Germany
Published
2008-09-01

⚠️ 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

Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Voluntary corrective action taken by the importer.Date of entry into force: Unknown

The recall concerns vehicles, produced between 02.04.2008 and 15.05.2008.