NHTSA Campaign 16V247000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
NHTSA campaign 16V247000 covers 13 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal. The repair is free.
Ford Motor Company filed the report for 16V247000 with NHTSA on April 26, 2016; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 16V247000, NHTSA lists up to 695 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 5, 2007 and September 3, 2008.
The 16V247000 report reached NHTSA 8 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 16V247000 were scheduled from June 9, 2016, 44 days after the report.
16V247000 covers 5 models from Ford, Mercury and Lincoln, model years 2008–2012.
Owners of the model years 16V247000 covers have filed at least 28 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 16V247000 vehicles, the 2008 Ford Taurus has the most (15).
By potentially affected vehicles, 16V247000 ranks 434 of 582 Ford Motor Company recalls on this site.
Besides 16V247000, Ford Motor Company has 42 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 16V247000 was 16V188000, reported on April 4, 2016.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2009-2012 Ford Flex, 2008 and 2010-2012 Ford Taurus, 2008-2009 Ford Taurus X, 2008 Mercury Sable, 2009 and 2011 Lincoln MKS vehicles. The driver frontal air bag may improperly inflate during second-stage deployment in the event of a high speed crash. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
- The risk
- An improperly inflated air bag increases the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
- The fix
- Ford will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the driver's frontal air bag module, as necessary, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin on June 13, 2016. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 16C06.
Reported April 26, 2016
Vehicles covered by 16V247000 (13)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 16V247000, 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: April 26, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted