EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger Car Ford “Focus” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/00053/20
Summary
The pins of the Power Distribution Box (PDB) might have been defectively manufactured and cause an intermittent or poor connection. Consequently, some functions of the PCB might be intermittently disrupted, causing the vehicle to stall or to run under in-optimal conditions, increasing the risk of an accident.
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Product
Passenger Car — Ford
- Brand
- Ford
- Name / model
- Focus · e13*2007/46*1911*
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car under Ford recall code: 19S42.
- Production dates: The affected vehicles were manufactured between from 14/10/2019 to 16/11/2019.
What is the risk?
- The pins of the Power Distribution Box (PDB) might have been defectively manufactured and cause an intermittent or poor connection. Consequently, some functions of the PCB might be intermittently disrupted, causing the vehicle to stall or to run under in-optimal conditions, increasing the risk of an accident.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ManufacturerCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 04/12/2019
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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