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CarsLore / EU safety alerts / 2013 / A12/1313/13

Ford Focus

Safety Gate alert A12/1313/13 · Passenger car · published 27 Sept 2013

InjuriesRisk
Serious riskRisk level
United KingdomNotified by
GermanyCountry of origin

The risk

The vehicles pose the risk of injuries because some vehicles have been fitted with incorrect specification wheels.This could lead to a loosening of the wheel nuts and possible loss of the wheel from the vehicle which could cause accidents.

Product: Passenger vehicle.

Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · official text, unchanged

Measures taken

Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other 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.

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140 of the 165 motor vehicle alerts published in 2013 concerned the same risk.

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Who notified alerts in 2013

Notifying countryAlerts
Germany65
Portugal30
Spain23
Greece20
United Kingdom17
Malta3

Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2013

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