The risk
A high-pressure fuel injector can crack, resulting in fuel accumulating in the engine. If this fuel, whether it's liquid or vapour, is near a hot surface, it can catch fire. This can lead to a fire, injuries. The product does not comply with the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · official text, unchanged
Measures taken
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Manufacturer Category of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users Date of entry into force: Unknown
Models on CarsLore
The alert names these models; open one for its complaints, recalls in other countries and inspection results.
Other fire, injuries alerts in 2024
23 of the 370 motor vehicle alerts published in 2024 concerned the same risk.
| A12/03367/24 6 Dec 2024 | Triumph Bonneville T100, Bonneville T120, Street Scrambler, Scrambler 900, Street Twin, Speed Twin 900 |
| A12/03323/24 29 Nov 2024 | Hyundai i40 |
| A12/03222/24 22 Nov 2024 | Polaris RANGER XP Kinetic (UTV/ Side-By-Side) |
| A12/03122/24 15 Nov 2024 | Hyundai Grand Santa Fe, ix35, Veloster |
| A12/03009/24 1 Nov 2024 | VW Crafter "Grand California" |
| A12/02996/24 25 Oct 2024 | Aston Martin DBX707, DB12, Vantage |
| A12/02465/24 30 Aug 2024 | Mercedes-Benz Sprinter |
| A12/01789/24 19 Jul 2024 | Opel Vivaro |
Who notified alerts in 2024
| Notifying country | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Germany | 239 |
| France | 59 |
| Portugal | 27 |
| Poland | 14 |
| Belgium | 9 |
| Finland | 5 |
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2024
More Ford alerts
229 EU Safety Gate alerts for Ford since 2006; the most were issued in 2026 (25).
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| 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 |