Recall · 21V076000
Ford Motor recalled the FORD Ranger over air bags
144,340
Vehicles covered
1
Model
3
Model years
February 17, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2004-2006 Ranger vehicles that may be equipped with a driver or passenger frontal air bag inflator used as a replacement service part, that may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, temperature and temperature cycling.
- What it can cause
- In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the frontal air bag, an inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
- What the dealer does
- Ford will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the driver and passenger air bag module, and replace either the module or the inflator, if necessary, free of charge. The recall began March 17, 2021. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 21S05.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| FordRanger | 2004 to 2006 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 144,340 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 94% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2004 to 2006, so the oldest vehicles on it were 17 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Ford vehicles have been recalled over the air bags 41 times before this, most recently in February 2021 as 21V081000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 3 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 964 complaints with NHTSA, 919 of them before this campaign was filed. 495 of those name the air bags, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in November 2003, 17 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 3 other recalls published here: 23V306000 (air bags), 23V125000 (air bags), 21V081000 (air bags).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Ford Motor Company with NHTSA on February 17, 2021 as campaign 21V076000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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