Serious riskSerious risk
EU Safety Gate · Report-2008-34
FORD · Passenger car power-assisted steering hose in Ford Focus
The product poses a risk of fire due to a fault in the power-assisted steering hose which could cause premature failure and leakage of power steering fluid. In extreme cases, the leaking fluid could touch hot components in the engine compartment and ignite, thus starting an engine compartment fire.
- Published
- 01 September 2008
- Notifying authority
- Greece
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
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Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Voluntary corrective action taken by the importer.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0941/08
- Model
- Focus, Focus CC and Focus C-Max
Classification
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Risk type
- Fire
- Country of origin
- Germany
Product description
The recall concerns vehicles, produced between 02.04.2008 and 15.05.2008.