Recall Information

Description

Passenger airbag inflator replacement

Safety Risk

The passenger frontal airbag inflator could explode if the vehicle is involved in a crash were the frontal airbags are designed to deploy.

Remedy

Parts are now available to repair your vehicle. Ford Motor Company has authorized your dealer to replace the passenger airbag inflator free of charge parts and labor.

Next Steps

Description

Obsolete service replacement airbag modules may have been installed into vehicles during a collision or service repair after a final takata airbag recall repair was completed. There is no issue with the airbags used in the recall repair. However, if after the recall was completed, the driver or passenger airbag was subsequently replaced during a collision or service repair, the airbag(s) may contain a defective airbag inflator.

Safety Risk

Defective airbag inflators may explode in a crash that causes deployment of the airbags. If an inflator explodes, sharp metal fragments could strike vehicle occupants, causing serious injury or death.

Remedy

Ford Motor Company has authorized your dealer to inspect and replace the driver and/or passenger airbag(s) if necessary, free of charge (parts and labor).

Next Steps

Description

In the subject vehicles, continued exposure to high levels of absolute humidity may cause the drive air bag inflator housing to rupture if the vehicle is involved in a crash where the supplemental front air bags are designed to deploy.

Safety Risk

An inflator rupture could result in metal fragments striking and potentially injuring vehicle occupants.

Remedy

Dealers will replace the driver air bag inflator with a new one, free of charge.

Next Steps

Description

The front driver side airbag inflator housing may rupture and deploy abnormally in the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver side frontal airbag.

Safety Risk

An inflator rupture could result in metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

Remedy

Do not drive your vehicle until your dealer replaces the front passenger side airbag inflator. Parts are now available to repair your vehicle. Ford Motor Company has authorized your dealer to replace the front driver side airbag inflator free of charge parts and labor. This is a permanent repair for your vehicle and must be performed even if you had an airbag inflator previously replaced as an interim repair.

Next Steps

Description

The passenger frontal airbag inflator could explode if the vehicle is involved in a crash where the frontal airbags are designed to deploy.

Safety Risk

A ruptured inflator may result in metal fragments striking vehicle occupants causing serious injury or death.

Remedy

Parts are now available to repair your vehicle. Ford Motor Company has authorized your dealer to replace the passenger airbag inflator free of charge parts and labor.

Next Steps

Description

The passenger airbag inflator in your vehicle may explode in the event of a crash that causes deployment of the passenger airbag.

Safety Risk

If an inflator explodes, sharp metal fragments could strike the passenger or other occupants, causing serious injury or death.

Remedy

Do not drive your vehicle until your dealer replaces the front passenger side airbag inflator. Parts are now available to repair your vehicle. Ford Motor Company has authorized your dealer to replace the front passenger side airbag inflator free of charge parts and labor. This is a permanent repair for your vehicle and must be performed even if you had an airbag inflator previously replaced as an interim repair.

Next Steps