Ford Repaired Some Vehicles Using Defective Takata Airbags, Now It’s Recalling Them

In addition to issuing a recall for the Bronco Sport, Ford is, at the request of the NHTSA, also conducting a safety campaign for other vehicles that may have been fitted with obsolete Takata airbags in collision and theft repairs.

Following extensive investigation and tracing, they were able to determine the affected cars equipped with the defective modules known to have claimed the lives of 27 people globally, which “were not purged from service stock after the parts for the permanent service fix became available”.

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The recall includes two distinct populations, with the first concerning 1,067 units in the United States and federal territories, 49 in Canada and 1 in Mexico. This comprises of certain 2006 GT, 2005-2014 Mustang, 2004-2011 Ranger, 2007-2010 Edge, 2008-2012 Fusion, 2009-2011 Mercury Milan, 2010-2012 Lincoln MKZ and 2007-2010 MKX models.

These will be inspected by the company’s authorized technicians, who will decide whether the driver or front passenger airbag inflator or module needs replacing.

Group number 2 covers 144,340 units of the 2004-2006 Ranger pickup truck in the United States and federal territories, 8,762 in Canada and 5 in Mexico. According to Ford, they were unable to locate 45 single-stage inflators compatible to these vehicles, and it is believed that they might have been used for repairs.

The Dearborn automaker advises owners to visit their local dealer for an inspection and for an airbag inflator replacement if required. The reference number for this recall is 21S05 and owners will be contacted by the carmaker from the second week of March.