{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "DVSA recall R/2020/224: Ford Kuga (The HV battery pack can overheat and result in the venting of hot gas)",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/uk-recall/r-2020-224/",
  "summary": "Ford Kuga: The HV battery pack can overheat and result in the venting of hot gas. DVSA reference R/2020/224, launched 4 September 2020, 5,046 vehicles. Defect",
  "excerpt": "Ford Kuga. Published by the DVSA as R/2020/224 on 4 September 2020. Concern: The hv battery pack can overheat and result in the venting of hot gas. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at the DVSA , 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. CarsMultiverse / UK recalls A recall published by DVSA, the British vehicle safety authority, with every version of its wording that this site has read. Unchanged since first read. R/2020/224 4 September 2020 Ford (listed as FORD) 20S38/20S44 5,046 Kuga 5,046 1 July 2019 7 September 2020 Nothing yet. The wording has been the same on every read since 4 September 2026. The file is read again every day; if DVSA rewrites the defect, remedy or concern, the old and new text will appear here with both dates. Safety Gate alert A12/01150/20 from United Kingdom, 14/08/2020 Matched through the manufacturer's own reference (20S38), which the registers share. See the same recall, Britain and America . Check this recall on the DVSA service Read from DVSA's bulk recalls file (RecallsFile.csv, 7 MB) on 17 September 2026; this recall first read on 4 September 2026, read 15 times since. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA, Check vehicle recalls . CarsMultiverse is an independent site, not an authority: the official notice is the one on",
  "register": {
    "authority": "DVSA",
    "country": "United Kingdom",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/uk-recalls/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2020-09-04T09:00:00+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T12:00:00+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"DVSA recall R/2020/224: Ford Kuga (The HV battery pack can overheat and result in the venting of hot gas)\", https://carsmultiverse.com/uk-recall/r-2020-224/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}