{"id":181069,"date":"2017-06-22T22:20:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T20:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=181069"},"modified":"2017-06-22T22:22:49","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T20:22:49","slug":"ford-recalls-15600-vehicles-in-south-africa-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/181069\/ford-recalls-15600-vehicles-in-south-africa-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford recalls 15\u201a600 vehicles in South Africa over fire risk &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"34b6c3bf-a5f3-71a6-3f22-ddbf578e57a0\" class=\"article-widget article-widget-text\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"text\">\n<p>Ford South Africa is back under the spotlight after it reportedly warned of a\u00a0fire-risk posed to its entry-level Figo and Ikon models.<\/p>\n<p>The car maker has asked owners of 15,600 petrol-engine Figos and Ikons, built in India between August 2004 and March 2012, to &#8216;immediately&#8217; contact a dealership.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The company warns owners of a fire-risk posed by the power steering high pressure hose.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ford said in an email to customers that it can\u2019t guarantee a courtesy car, however, replacement parts and labour would be free.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe hose may split\u201a resulting in a power steering fluid leak\u201a\u201d a letter said, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2017-06-22-breaking-nearly-16000-fords-recalled-over-fire-risk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TimesLive<\/a>. \u201cA power steering fluid leak could result in fumes being emitted from the engine compartment\u201a and it may also be possible for power steering fluid to come into contact with the vehicle\u2019s exhaust system components\u201a creating the potential for smoke and\u201a in extreme cases\u201a fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Ford spokesman told the paper that 16 of the affected vehicles had caught fire globally, although the company was unaware of any local incidents.<\/p>\n<p>In March Ford South Africa president and CEO Jeff Nemeth was been recalled to the US, following a massive Ford Kuga recall in South Africa in January.<\/p>\n<p>As many as 4,556 Ford Kuga 1.6-litre models which were built between December 2012 and February 2014 were recalled for repairs following numerous reports of engine fires.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/166973\/ford-replaces-boss-in-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ford replaces boss in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford South Africa is back under the spotlight after it reportedly warned of a fire-risk posed to its entry-level Figo and Ikon models.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":143941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[2042,26],"class_list":["post-181069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motoring","tag-ford","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181069"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181077,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181069\/revisions\/181077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}