Ford Motor Company recalls more than 150,000 vehicles for safety issues related to airbags after losing track of some of the “obsolete” parts.
In a notice released this week, the company claims that some vehicles “may have installed obsolete Takata service parts in collisions and theft repairs after Takata’s removal was completed.”
The company said a few dozen recovered parts could not be located when the service piece was purged and recall about 154,000 vehicles that could have been installed during a repair.
“After extensive investigation and tracking, Ford was unable to account for some of Takata’s obsolete service parts, indicating that they may have been installed in vehicles as part of collision or theft repairs.” , says the statement. They also said they were issuing the withdrawal at the request of the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
This record includes approximately 153,000 Rangers from 2004 to 2006.
Another reminder, also from concerns about obsolete parts of the Takata airbag, includes about 1,100 vehicles. These include certain Rangers, Mustangs, GTs, Fusions and Edges from 2004 to 2012.
You can find more details and specific vehicles removed on the Ford website.