# NHTSA recall 23V125000

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 \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 23V125000
- Manufacturer's number: 23S08
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2023\-02\-24
- Owners notified: 2023\-04\-05
- Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- Units potentially affected: 98550
- Part numbers: 8L5Z\-10044A74\-D

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain 2004\-2006 Ranger vehicles that received replacement front passenger air bag inflators under a previous recall.  The replacement frontal passenger air bag inflators may have been installed incorrectly.


## What can happen

An incorrectly installed inflator may not properly inflate the passenger air bag, increasing the risk of injury during a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will inspect and reinstall the front passenger air bag inflator, as necessary, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed April 5, 2023.  Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1\-866\-436\-7332.  Ford's number for this recall is 23S08.  This recall has been fully superseded by recall 23V\-306.


## 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.nhtsa.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 11, for 2025 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-01\-25
- Vehicles in the campaign: 98550
- Reported remedied: 0 \(0%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 quarter 4, 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

- [2004 FORD RANGER](/makes/ford/ranger/2004/recalls.md)
- [2005 FORD RANGER](/makes/ford/ranger/2005/recalls.md)
- [2006 FORD RANGER](/makes/ford/ranger/2006/recalls.md)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [14B04](/bulletins/10057596.md), 2015-06-11, Service bulletin

## 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)

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