Recall · 23V306000
Ford Motor recalled the FORD Ranger over air bags
231,942
Vehicles covered
1
Model
3
Model years
April 28, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2004-2006 Ranger vehicles that received replacement front passenger air bag inflators under a previous recall. The replacement front passenger air bag inflators may have been installed incorrectly.
- What it can cause
- An incorrectly installed inflator may not properly inflate the passenger air bag, increasing the risk of injury during a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and reinstall the front passenger air bag inflator, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 22, 2023. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 23S08. This recall expands and replaces previous recall number 23V-125.
- 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.nhtsa.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 231,942 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 95% 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 19 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Ford vehicles have been recalled over the air bags 55 times before this, most recently in February 2023 as 23V125000. 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, 942 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, 19 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 3 other recalls published here: 23V125000 (air bags), 21V076000 (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 April 28, 2023 as campaign 23V306000. 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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