NHTSA Campaign 14V787000
AIR BAGS
NHTSA campaign 14V787000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags. The repair is free.
Ford Motor Company filed the report for 14V787000 with NHTSA on December 12, 2014; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 14V787000, NHTSA lists up to 410 potentially affected vehicles, built between February 11, 2005 and January 30, 2006.
The 14V787000 report reached NHTSA 9 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 14V787000 were scheduled from January 30, 2015, 49 days after the report.
14V787000 covers 1 model from Ford, model years 2005–2006.
Owners of the model years 14V787000 covers have filed at least 5 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 14V787000 vehicles, the 2006 Ford GT has the most (4).
By potentially affected vehicles, 14V787000 ranks 460 of 582 Ford Motor Company recalls on this site.
Besides 14V787000, Ford Motor Company has 42 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 14V787000 was 14V597000, reported on September 26, 2014.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company, (Ford) is conducting a regional recall for certain model year 2005-2006 Ford GT vehicles vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in geographic locations associated with high absolute humidity. Specifically, vehicles sold, or ever registered, in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Saipan, Guam, and American Samoa, as well as certain areas of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Georgia, are included. Upon deployment of the passenger side frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture.
- The risk
- In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passengers frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
- The fix
- Ford will notify owners, and dealers will replace the inflators in all affected vehicles, free of charge. The recall began January 30, 2015. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 14S28. NOTE: This recall supersedes, in part, safety recall 14V-343 as to the front passenger air bag inflators only. The driver's air bag inflators will continue to be addressed by that recall.
Reported December 12, 2014
Vehicles covered by 14V787000 (2)
Ford (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 14V787000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: December 12, 2014. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted