Ford Recall Seeks Missing Airbags
It’s 10 p.m. Do you know where your Ford with Takata airbags is?
Ford needs to recall just 45 Takata airbags from 2004-2006 Rangers, but it lost track of which trucks have them. So it’s recalled just over 153,000 old Rangers instead, hoping that casting such a wide net will allow the company to find and replace the faulty airbags.
Additionally, around 1,100 vehicles could’ve also gotten faulty Takata airbags after repairs. The list includes: 2004 through 2011 Rangers, 2005-2014 Mustangs, 2006 Ford GTs, 2008-2012 Fusions, 2007-2010 Ford Edges, 2009-2011 Mercury Milans, 2010-2012 Lincoln MKZs, and 2007-2010 Lincoln MKXs.
Ford says it is not aware of any injuries or crashes involving or caused by the faulty bags. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has asked the company to check its cars for these airbags.
Dealers will perform an inspection and replace the airbags if need be. Owners will begin getting notified by March 8th.
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Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.
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@Tim Healey, thanks but is it only Rangers '04 to '06 that have, or could have replacement "dealer" airbags? I mean if you don't know its (crash or theft) history from day one? Sticking just to Rangers, then there's, say a couple hundred from '04 to '11 that definitely have suspect/bad (replacement/replaced) airbags that are linked to specific VIN? And those aren't part of, or overlap the 153K Ranger recall I assume? Or if they are, or do, I guess they could be on their 2nd replaced airbag? Even 153K seems low for 3 years of Ranger production in that era.
Same problem that Honda has. It's really hard to track down old cars. Not to mention the fact that some owners think recalls are for chumps.
"Tesla, the darling of tech bros everywhere, slid from 11th to 16th. That still put it ahead of Mini, Kia, and Volkswagen." Never let it be said that Tim doesn't have a sense of humor. Talk about faint praise. Nicely done.