The risk
The products pose a risk of fire because it is possible that the speed control deactivation switch may overheat, smoke or burn. This may occur either when the vehicle is parked or when it is being operated, even if the speed control is not in use.
Product: Passenger car
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 manufacturer.Date of entry into force: Unknown
Other fire alerts in 2010
30 of the 178 motor vehicle alerts published in 2010 concerned the same risk.
| 1743/10 26 Nov 2010 | Honda |
| 1533/10 15 Oct 2010 | Ferrari |
| 1282/10 27 Aug 2010 | Opel |
| 1155/10 6 Aug 2010 | Volvo |
| 1165/10 6 Aug 2010 | Ford |
| 1168/10 6 Aug 2010 | Subaru |
| 1144/10 30 Jul 2010 | Ducati |
| 1106/10 23 Jul 2010 | BMW |
Who notified alerts in 2010
| Notifying country | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Greece | 47 |
| Germany | 43 |
| Portugal | 25 |
| Poland | 17 |
| France | 13 |
| Spain | 11 |
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2010
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 |