Serious riskSerious risk
EU Safety Gate · Report-2007-25
Ford · Passenger car – Ford Maverick and Ford Escape
This product poses a serious risk of fire because of badly fitted cable seals on the ABS module plug, the latter can become contaminated, leading to a short-circuit. Excessive heat generation in the ABS module can cause a smell of burning and smoke. In extreme cases the vehicle can catch fire. This might also happen after the engine has been switched off.
- Published
- 29 June 2007
- Notifying authority
- Germany
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Voluntary corrective actions taken by the manufacturer. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0606/07
- Model
- - Type 1EZ, EC type approval e4*98/14*0043,- Type 1EZR, EC type approval e4*98/14*0051,- Type 1N2R, EC type approval e13*2001/116*0091, and- Type 1N2, EC type approval e13*2001/116*0093.
Classification
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Risk type
- Fire
- Country of origin
- Germany
Product description
Concerns vehicles with left-hand drive and ABS built between 22 October 1999 and 23 January 2004.