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NHTSA Campaign 21V081000

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

NHTSA campaign 21V081000 covers 36 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal. The repair is free.

Ford Motor Company filed the report for 21V081000 with NHTSA on February 16, 2021; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.

For 21V081000, NHTSA lists up to 1,067 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 23, 2006 and June 20, 2014.

The 21V081000 report reached NHTSA 7 years after the last affected vehicle was built.

Owner notification letters for 21V081000 were scheduled from March 17, 2021, 29 days after the report.

21V081000 covers 8 models from Ford, Lincoln and Mercury, model years 2004–2014.

Owners of the model years 21V081000 covers have filed at least 7,582 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.

Among the 21V081000 vehicles, the 2008 Ford Fusion has the most (638).

By potentially affected vehicles, 21V081000 ranks 417 of 582 Ford Motor Company recalls on this site.

Besides 21V081000, Ford Motor Company has 42 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 21V081000 was 20V791000, reported on December 17, 2020.

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What this recall covers

The defect
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2005-2014 Mustang, 2004-2011 Ranger, 2009-2011 Mercury Milan, 2006 Ford GT, 2008-2012 Fusion, 2007-2010 Edge and Lincoln MKX, and 2009-2010 Lincoln MKZ vehicles. These vehicles may be equipped with a driver or passenger frontal air bag inflator used as a replacement service part, that may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, temperature and temperature cycling.
The risk
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the frontal air bag, an inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
The fix
Ford will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the driver and passenger air bag module, and replace either the module or the inflator, if necessary, free of charge. The recall began March 17, 2021. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 21S05.

Reported February 16, 2021

Vehicles covered by 21V081000 (36)

Ford (27)

Lincoln (6)

Mercury (3)

Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 21V081000, 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: February 16, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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