Ford Transit Custom. Published by the European Safety Gate as A12/00508/20 on 3 April 2020. Risk: Fire, Injuries.
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United Kingdom notified the European Union's Safety Gate rapid alert system about a Ford Transit Custom on 3 April 2020. The Commission records the risk level as serious risk, with the hazard recorded as fire, injuries. 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.
| Field | As the Safety Gate records it |
|---|---|
| Case | A12/00508/20 |
| Report | Report-2020-14 |
| Brand | Ford |
| Model | Transit Custom |
| Risk level | Serious risk |
| Hazard | Fire, Injuries |
| Notified by | United Kingdom |
| Origin | Türkiye |
| Published | 3 April 2020 |
| Manufacturer code | 20S03 |
| Read by this site | 24 August 2026 |
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Ford Transit Custom in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Ford Transit Custom is named on 35 British notices and 2 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The British register
- DVSA recall R/2019/050: Ford Transit and Transit Custom (Incorrectly torqued left hand seatbelt to seatbelt shoulder height...)
- DVSA recall R/2020/063: Ford Transit Custom (Vehicles may have been fitted with the incorrect twin battery posit...)
- DVSA recall R/2020/183: Ford Transit and Transit Custom (The run on water pump may overheat)
The Israeli register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
Ford elsewhere in this register
Ford is named on 222 notices in the copy of the European Safety Gate’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- A12/00593/20 · 24 April 2020 · Ranger, Everest · Injuries
- A12/00466/20 · 27 March 2020 · S-MAX, Galaxy · Injuries
- A12/00382/20 · 13 March 2020 · Transit Connect, Focus, Ecosport · Injuries
- A12/00375/20 · 13 March 2020 · Puma · Injuries
- A12/00210/20 · 14 February 2020 · F-150 · Fire, Injuries
- A12/00834/20 · 5 June 2020 · Transit Connect · Injuries
- A12/00832/20 · 5 June 2020 · Ranger, Everest · Injuries
- A12/00897/20 · 19 June 2020 · Focus · Injuries
The same risk: Fire, Injuries
226 notices in this register name Fire, Injuries. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- A12/00538/20 · 10 April 2020 · S60, V60, V70, V40 and V40CC · Fire, Injuries
- A12/00539/20 · 10 April 2020 · S60, V60, V70, V40 and V40CC · Fire, Injuries
- A12/00349/20 · 6 March 2020 · Insignia · Fire, Injuries
- A12/00348/20 · 6 March 2020 · Vivaro, Zafira Life · Fire, Injuries
- A12/00635/20 · 1 May 2020 · Expert, Traveller · Fire, Injuries
- A12/00748/20 · 22 May 2020 · Fortwo, Forfour · Fire, Injuries
Reading this against the source
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