NHTSA recall 21V158000
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.
| Published by | NHTSA (United States) |
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| Campaign number | 21V158000 |
| Manufacturer's number | 21S12 |
| Manufacturer | Ford Motor Company |
| Reported | 2021-03-10 |
| Owners notified | 2021-04-09 |
| Component | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE |
| Units potentially affected | 2602668 |
| Part numbers | 8T43-78043B13-CCW, 7T43-78043B13-CAW, 8H63-54043B13-AAW, 8N73-54043B13-AAW, 8E53-54043B13-AAW, 9H63-54043B13-ACW, 9N73-54043B13-AAW, 9E53-54043B13-AAW, 7L54-10043B13-ACW, 9A13-78043B13-AAW, 8A13-78043B13-AAW, 7A13-78043B13-AFW, 9T43-78043B13-CAW |
| Report | Annual report 3, for 2025 quarter 2 to 2026 quarter 1 |
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| Filed with NHTSA | 2026-04-12 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 2602668 |
| Reported remedied | 916398 (35%) |
| Reported unreachable | 141541 |
| Reported removed | 2001 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 1, 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.
What is wrong
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2007-2011 Ranger, 2006-2012 Fusion, Lincoln Zephyr, Lincoln MKZ, 2006-2011 Mercury Milan, 2007-2010 Ford Edge, and Lincoln MKX vehicles. The driver's side air bag inflator may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, high temperatures, and high temperature cycling.
What can happen
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants, resulting in serious injury or death.
The remedy
Ford will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver-side airbag inflator or module with an alternate one, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on April 9, 2021 for the passenger side, and November 14, 2022 for the driver side. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 21S12.
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.
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A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.
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. |
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From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.