EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Ford “Transit and Transit Custom” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0290/13
Summary
null The vehicles pose the risk of injuries because they have been fitted with a brake pedal pin retaining "R" clip which does not meet material specification. Spring tension of the clip will be reduced. As a result, there is the possibility that the clip could come off, allowing the brake pedal to detach from the brake booster push rod. This would result in loss of brake actuation and could lead to an accident.
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Product
Passenger car — Ford
- Brand
- Ford
- Name / model
- Transit and Transit Custom · Transit and Transit Custom (Recall Ref: 2C498)
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- The recall concerns Transit and Transit Custom vehicles, produced between 08.10.2012 and 06.02.2013 in Kocaeli, Turkey, and Transit vehicles, produced between 28.09.2012 and 06.02.2013 in Southampton, UK.
- Production dates: unknown
What is the risk?
- null The vehicles pose the risk of injuries because they have been fitted with a brake pedal pin retaining "R" clip which does not meet material specification. Spring tension of the clip will be reduced. As a result, there is the possibility that the clip could come off, allowing the brake pedal to detach from the brake booster push rod. This would result in loss of brake actuation and could lead to an accident.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory 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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