Ford F-150 recall greatly expanded: safety regulators

[Shanks12]

Looks like they are re-doing the recall... to expand to ALL 04-06 F150's and 06 Mark LT's

WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co and U.S. safety regulators have agreed to a greatly expanded recall of the best-selling vehicle in North America, the Ford F-150 pickup truck, the regulators said.

The recall is for a possible short circuit that could cause airbags to deploy unexpectedly, and involves nearly 1.2 million F-150 pickup trucks and few Lincoln Mark LT vehicles, said the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The recall affects F150's from the model years 2004 to 2006 and Lincoln Mark LTs from model year 2006.

Ford said it knows of no crashes or injuries caused by the issue. It will begin notifying vehicle owners in May to bring the pickup trucks or Lincolns into dealers for repair at no cost. Repairs will take less than half a day, Ford said.

But owners are asked to bring in their vehicles right away if their airbag warning light is illuminated, Ford said. If the light is ignored, in some circumstances, the driver's side front airbag could deploy unexpectedly.

Previously, 144,000 of the pickup trucks were recalled. The expansion comes after talks between the automaker and the safety regulators in Washington.

[Source: Yahoo News]

 

[buRRp]

 

[Shanks12]

Luckily I don't have the airbag light.. but I will start watching for it.....

 

[azmidget91]

My airbag light is on...

 

[Shanks12]

My airbag light is on...

Better get that checked out before it blows up in your face...

I'm sure if you took it to a dealer now they will fix it without the letter

 

[bigredstx]

Mine randomly comes on sometimes

 

[Ricky Bobby FX4]

 

[07FX4Chick]

I just got the information. I am waiting for the complete details, then I will post it over in the official recall section for the F150's.

 

[Shanks12]

I just got the information. I am waiting for the complete details, then I will post it over in the official recall section for the F150's.

 

[DarrenWS6]

My truck doesn't have the balls to blow the air bag in my face. I F'n dare it to.















Funny about these recalls 6yrs later.