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EU Safety Gate · Report-2008-16

FORD · Passenger car - Ford Focus Turnier

The product poses a risk of fire because salt from the roads can cause corrosion in the control module of the radiator fan. The salt can penetrate into the electronics and cause overheating. As a result the module, surrounding cables and other components may catch fire.

Published
25 April 2008
Notifying authority
Germany
Catalog checked
30 July 2026
What should you do?

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

Official source alert
Safety Gate reference
0453/08
Model
Vehicle type WVTA, DNW, EU type approval e13*97/27*040*, e13*98/14*0095*03 and e13*98/14D0056*04 (LPG)
Category
Motor vehicles
Risk type
Fire
Country of origin
Germany

Concerns only vehicles with diesel engines made between 16.07.2004 and 01.12.2006.