# NHTSA recall 18V023000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

**NHTSA advises: do not drive until the repair is done.**

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 18V023000
- Manufacturer's number: 18S02
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2018\-01\-11
- Owners notified: 2018\-01\-16
- Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- Units potentially affected: 33310

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain 2006 Ford Ranger trucks.  Ford is requesting owners NOT TO DRIVE these vehicles until they have been repaired.     On January 11, 2018, Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) notified NHTSA that they are recalling 2,700 model year 2006 Ranger vehicles built with driver\-side air bag inflators . As of February 9, 2018, Ford is expanding the recall to a total of 33,310 model year 2006 Ranger vehicles.    Upon deployment of the driver side frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to explode.


## What can happen

In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could explode with sharp metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants, potentially resulting in serious injury or death.


## The remedy

Ford will notify owners instructing them to not drive their vehicles, and dealers will replace the front driver side air bag inflator with an alternate inflator, free of charge.  The recall for the original population began on January 16, 2018. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1\-866\-436\-7332.  Ford's number for this recall is 18S02.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2019 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2019\-07\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 33310
- Reported remedied: 24552 \(73%\)
- Reported unreachable: 2228
- Reported removed: 911

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2019 quarter 2, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2006 FORD RANGER](/makes/ford/ranger/2006/recalls.md). Built 2005\-09\-21 to 2005\-12\-15.

## Investigated as EA15001

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

- EA15001: Engineering analysis, opened 2015\-02\-24. Air Bag Inflator Rupture. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL; AIR BAGS.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/18V023000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/18V023000/investigations)

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/18V023000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/18V023000)

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