EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Ford “Mondeo, Galaxy, SMAX” — risk: fire
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1222/19
Summary
Potential leakage of battery acid around the battery negative terminal could cause the battery monitoring sensor to fail. Over time growth of copper sulphate may accumulate. This, in turn, could provide a conductive layer underneath the Battery Monitoring Sensor, creating a low resistance to ground. The increased current flow, due to low resistance, could cause the surrounding material to heat up to a point where it…
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Product
Passenger car — Ford
- Brand
- Ford
- Name / model
- Mondeo, Galaxy, SMAX · Type-approval numbers: e13*2001/116*0185*28 (SMAX), e13*2001/116*0185*31 (Galaxy), e13*2001/116*0249*27 (Mondeo)
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car under Ford recall code: 18P11.
- Production dates: The affected vehicles were manufactured between 13 February 2014 and 11 February 2019
What is the risk?
- Potential leakage of battery acid around the battery negative terminal could cause the battery monitoring sensor to fail. Over time growth of copper sulphate may accumulate. This, in turn, could provide a conductive layer underneath the Battery Monitoring Sensor, creating a low resistance to ground. The increased current flow, due to low resistance, could cause the surrounding material to heat up to a point where it ignites, resulting in a fire.
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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