EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Ford “Focus” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1530/18
Summary
The rear door latch has an incorrectly assembled spring that may cause the manual child lock to not function properly. On enabling the child lock feature, vehicle vibrations during normal driving may lead to the child lock becoming deactivated.
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Product
Passenger car — Ford
- Brand
- Ford
- Name / model
- Focus · Ford Focus
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car.
- Production dates: Specific vehicles built between Date range 16/04/2018 to 02/08/2018
What is the risk?
- The rear door latch has an incorrectly assembled spring that may cause the manual child lock to not function properly. On enabling the child lock feature, vehicle vibrations during normal driving may lead to the child lock becoming deactivated.
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: Unknown
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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