Passenger car
Ford · Kuga
Motor vehiclesFire
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Notifying country
- UK
- Counterfeit
- No
Requirements breached
The heated washer jets may have jet heating elements which are not correctly sealed. There is a possibility that poor sealing could lead to corrosion due to water ingress and subsequent overheating of the jets which could lead to a fire.
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: ManufacturerIn force from: 5 April 2016
Product
- Description
- Passenger car
- Brand
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/0487/16 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2016-016
- Published
- 15 April 2016
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/0427/16 published in report n°14 of 08/04/2016 has been updated at the request of the notifying authority in order to clarify that the product is counterfeit. Information on product identification (brand, product name) in notification A12/0394/16, published in report n° 13, has been updated upon request of the notifying authorities.
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