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NHTSA Campaign 16V384000

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

NHTSA campaign 16V384000 covers 42 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module. The repair is free.

Ford Motor Company filed the report for 16V384000 with NHTSA on May 31, 2016; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.

For 16V384000, NHTSA lists up to 1,892,343 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 28, 2005 and December 10, 2010.

The 16V384000 report reached NHTSA 6 years after the last affected vehicle was built.

Owner notification letters for 16V384000 were scheduled from February 2, 2018, 612 days after the report.

16V384000 covers 9 models from Ford, Lincoln and Mercury, model years 2005–2011.

Owners of the model years 16V384000 covers have filed at least 8,207 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.

Among the 16V384000 vehicles, the 2008 Ford Fusion has the most (638).

By potentially affected vehicles, 16V384000 ranks 6 of 582 Ford Motor Company recalls on this site.

Besides 16V384000, Ford Motor Company has 42 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 16V384000 was 16V247000, reported on April 26, 2016.

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What this recall covers

The defect
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2007-2011 Ford Ranger vehicles, 2006-2011 Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan and Lincoln Zephyr/MKZ vehicles, 2007-2010 Ford Edge, Lincoln MKX vehicles, 2005-2006 Ford GT vehicles, and 2005-2011 Ford Mustang vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands, or "Zone A." Additionally, unless included in "Zone A" above, Ford is recalling certain model year 2007-2008 Ford Ranger, Edge and Lincoln MKX vehicles, 2006-2008 Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan and Lincoln Zephyr/MKZ vehicles, 2005-2006 Ford GT vehicles and 2005-2008 Ford Mustang vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, or "Zone B." Any vehicle not included in "Zone A", or "Zone B" is not included in the safety recall. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, and used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the front air bags, these inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.
The risk
An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
The fix
Owners are advised not to drive their vehicles until the repair has been performed. Ford will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator, free of charge. Ford mailed interim letters informing owners that parts are not yet available on July 15, 2016. Owners will receive a second notice when remedy parts become available. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 19S01.

Reported May 31, 2016

Vehicles covered by 16V384000 (42)

Ford (23)

Lincoln (13)

Mercury (6)

Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 16V384000, 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: May 31, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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