Ford recalls 470,000 Mustangs

DETROIT

Ford Motor Co. says it is recalling 470,000 Ford Mustangs from the 2005-2008 model years to recalibrate how forcefully the air bag deploys on the front passenger side of the car.

Ford spokesman Wesley Sherwood says internal testing showed the air bag could injure a small, unbelted passenger. The recall was posted Wednesday on the Web site of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Sherwood says there were no reports of injuries or accidents tied to the recall.

The Dearborn automaker will notify customers by mail in early March. Owners can take their vehicle to a dealer to have the air bag recalibrated to deploy at a lower force.

 

this aint anything big. nowhere near the Firestone tire debacle.

 

Hmmm....So essentially I have my own little version of Kurt Russell's car in DeathProof? Maybe I should invite my very annoying co-worker out to lunch tomorrow and hit one of the telephone poles at 60mph or so..... My airbag will save me, and hers, well not so much......

 

So if you don't have a seatbelt on and you have a wreck, you need to worry about the airbag being a danger to you? lol

 

I KNEW IT! All 05+'s are GARBAGE

mwahahahahaha

SN95 New Edge FTMFW!!!!!!!!!!!

 

SN95 ('95 - '98) FTMFW!!!!!!!!!!!

do you mean that?


(i dislike New Edge. uglier than '96 - '98)

 

Well, the 94-04 cars have to worry about the cruise control catching on fire instead. Personally, I'd take the airbag problem over that.

 

my cruise control never caught on fire...and i use it plenty.

 

What, I never heard of that. Don't doubt it though.

 

It's the huge recall Ford has on just about all their vehicles built at around the same time. It started out being just for Crown Vics but now it's for just about everything from cars to tucks. It apparently happens even if you don't use it since that cause of it is a wire that runs current all the time and gets too hot.

 

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Thursday urged owners of certain unrepaired Ford, Lincoln and Mercury SUVs, pickup trucks, vans, and certain passenger cars to bring their vehicles to dealer repair shops immediately. The safety agency said the fire danger is present regardless of the age of the vehicle, and could occur while the vehicle is parked and unattended. Several dwelling fires have been attributed to the problem.

NHTSA said it is issuing the consumer advisory due to concerns that many owners have yet to respond to multiple safety defect recall notifications involving approximately 9.6 million registered vehicles.

The involved vehicles are:

1993-2004 F150
1993-1999 F250 (gasoline engine)
1993-1996 Bronco
1994-1996 Econoline
1997-2002 Ford Expedition
1998-2002 Lincoln Navigator
1998-2002 Ford Ranger
1992-1998 Ford Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis and Lincoln Town Car
1993-1998 Lincoln Mark VIII
1993-1995 Ford Taurus SHO with automatic transmission
1994-Mercury Capri
1998-2001 Ford Explorer and Mercury Mountaineer
2001-2002 Ford Explorer Sport and Explorer Sport Trac
1992-1993 and 1997-2003 Ford E-150-350 gasoline or natural gas vehicles
2002-E-550 gasoline engine vehicles
1996-2003 E-450 gasoline or natural gas vehicles
1994-2002 F-250 through F-550 super Duty trucks (gasoline engine)
2000-2002 Ford Excursion (gasoline engine)
2003-F250-F550 Super Duty, Ford Excursion
1995-2002 Ford F53 Motor home chassis
2002-2003 Lincoln Blackwood

http://www.local6.com/automotive/15437820/detail.html

 

look like my car isnt affected by the recall New Edges FTW!

 

uhh.... yah... so... of all the people on the mustangboards that you all visit, can anyone say they have ever heared of an sn95 catching fire cause of this?....


noooo.........

trust me that would be big forum news.

and the 95-98's look like dogshit.

lol

 

Could have sworn I saw somewhere that the Mustang was part of that...Either way, the 05+ Mustang recall pales in comparison to that.