NHTSA Campaign 17V787000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 17V787000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module. The repair is free.
Ford Motor Company filed the report for 17V787000 with NHTSA on December 11, 2017; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 17V787000, NHTSA lists up to 328,213 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 24, 2003 and May 4, 2006.
The 17V787000 report reached NHTSA 12 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 17V787000 were scheduled from January 16, 2018, 36 days after the report.
17V787000 covers 1 model from Ford, model years 2004–2006.
Owners of the model years 17V787000 covers have filed at least 496 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 17V787000 vehicles, the 2004 Ford Ranger has the most (189).
By potentially affected vehicles, 17V787000 ranks 73 of 582 Ford Motor Company recalls on this site.
Besides 17V787000, Ford Motor Company has 42 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 17V787000 was 17V529000, reported on August 28, 2017.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is superseding a previous recall for certain 2004-2006 Ford Ranger trucks to implement a final repair. Upon deployment of the driver 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 driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially 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 driver's frontal air bag inflator with an alternate inflator, free of charge. The recall began January 16, 2018. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 17S42. Note: This recall supersedes recall 16V-036 which was an interim repair. Vehicles that received a replacement air bag inflator under the previous campaign need to return to a dealer to have an alternate inflator installed.
Reported December 11, 2017
Vehicles covered by 17V787000 (3)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 17V787000, 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 11, 2017. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted