NHTSA Campaign 17V024000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 17V024000 covers 33 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 17V024000 with NHTSA on January 10, 2017; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 17V024000, NHTSA lists up to 654,695 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 16, 2005 and December 19, 2008.
The 17V024000 report reached NHTSA 8 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 17V024000 were scheduled from February 14, 2018, 400 days after the report.
17V024000 covers 9 models from Ford, Lincoln and Mercury, model years 2005–2012.
Owners of the model years 17V024000 covers have filed at least 6,897 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 17V024000 vehicles, the 2008 Ford Fusion has the most (638).
By potentially affected vehicles, 17V024000 ranks 28 of 582 Ford Motor Company recalls on this site.
Besides 17V024000, Ford Motor Company has 42 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 17V024000 was 16V384000, reported on May 31, 2016.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2012 Ford Fusion and Mustang and Lincoln Zephyr and MKZ 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 2009 Ford Ranger, Edge, Fusion and Mustang, Lincoln MKX, MKZ and Zephyr and Mercury Milan 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." Additionally, unless included in "Zone A" or "Zone B" above, Ford is recalling certain 2007-2008 Ford Ranger, Edge and Lincoln MKX, 2006-2008 Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, Lincoln Zephyr and MKZ, 2005-2008 Ford Mustang and 2005-2006 Ford GT vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in the states of Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger frontal air bag, 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. Interim letters informing owners of the recall and that parts are not yet available began mailing March 1, 2017. 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 January 10, 2017
Vehicles covered by 17V024000 (33)
Ford (19)
Lincoln (10)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 17V024000, 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: January 10, 2017. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted