{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "EU Safety Gate alert A12/02543/23: Ford Explorer, Transit Custom, notified by Germany",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/the-european-alerts/alert-a12-02543-23/",
  "summary": "The EU Safety Gate recall A12/02543/23, Ford Explorer, Transit Custom, 20/10/2023.",
  "excerpt": "Ford Explorer, Transit Custom. Published by the European Safety Gate as A12/02543/23 on 20 October 2023. Risk: Fire. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Safety Gate , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. Germany notified the European Union's Safety Gate rapid alert system about a Ford Explorer, Transit Custom on 20 October 2023. The Commission records the risk level as serious risk , with the hazard recorded as fire. The vehicle is recorded as originating in Türkiye. Twenty-seven member states share this system, and an alert raised by one is visible to all of them. Case A12/02543/23 Report Report-2023-42 Brand Ford Model Explorer, Transit Custom Risk level Serious risk Hazard Fire Notified by Germany Origin Türkiye Published 20 October 2023 Manufacturer code 23S53 Read by this site 24 August 2026 The manufacturer filed this campaign under code 23S53 , and that same code appears in the American register as 23V626 and the Canadian register as 2023507 . One defect, filed once by the manufacturer, recorded separately by each authority that saw it. The Safety Gate is an alert system, not a recall register: a member state notifies the Commission of a product it considers dangerous, and the alert records that notification. It is not the same administrative act as a national recall, and this page does not treat t",
  "register": {
    "authority": "EU Safety Gate",
    "country": "European Union",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/the-european-alerts/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T10:45:09+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T10:45:09+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"EU Safety Gate alert A12/02543/23: Ford Explorer, Transit Custom, notified by Germany\", https://carsmultiverse.com/the-european-alerts/alert-a12-02543-23/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}