The risk
The product poses a risk of fire because the power steering high pressure pipe may become detached from the power steering pump. A detached pipe can result in loss of power steering assistance and cause the power steering fluid to leak into the engine compartment, with the risk of the fluid contacting the exhaust manifold and catching fire.
Product: The recall concerns model years 2006 to 2008 FORD Transit cars, produced from 19.12.2005 until 29.09.2007 (Southampton, UK) and from 11.11.2005 until 29.09.2007 (Kocaeli, Turkey)
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · official text, unchanged
Measures taken
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other Category of measure(s): Voluntary corrective actions taken by the importer.Date of entry into force: Unknown
Other fire alerts in 2008
34 of the 167 motor vehicle alerts published in 2008 concerned the same risk.
| 1518/08 26 Dec 2008 | Ski-doo |
| 1405/08 5 Dec 2008 | FIAT and LANCIA |
| 1418/08 5 Dec 2008 | NISSAN |
| 1419/08 5 Dec 2008 | SAAB |
| 1375/08 28 Nov 2008 | KAWASAKI |
| 1230/08 31 Oct 2008 | LAND ROVER |
| 0940/08 1 Sept 2008 | SUZUKI |
| 0941/08 1 Sept 2008 | FORD |
Who notified alerts in 2008
| Notifying country | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Greece | 64 |
| Germany | 43 |
| Spain | 13 |
| Poland | 13 |
| Sweden | 10 |
| United Kingdom | 7 |
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2008
More Ford alerts
229 EU Safety Gate alerts for Ford since 2006; the most were issued in 2026 (25).
| Kuga Fire, Injuries | Oct 2026 |
| Ranger Injuries | Oct 2026 |
| Transit Custom Fire | Oct 2026 |
| Ranger MS-RT Injuries | Oct 2026 |
| Focus / C-MAX / Transit Connect / Galaxy / S-MAX / Mondeo / Kuga Environment | Sept 2026 |
| Capri, explorer Injuries | Sept 2026 |
| Transit Custom, Tourneo Custom Fire | Aug 2026 |
| Transit custom Injuries | Jul 2026 |