March 3, 2023–Ford has announced a recall of 98,500 older-model Ranger pickups due to replacement air bag inflators that were incorrectly installed during a previous recall, Reuters reports.
The recall will affect 2004-2006 models of the Ranger pickup in the United States, which were recalled previously in 2017 and 2018.
Takata airbag inflators have become infamous for exploding and “unleashing metal shrapnel inside cars and trucks.”
Over 30 deaths globally have been caused by these airbag inflators, Reuters notes, with 24 occurring in the United States; of those 24, three of them were in an older-model Ford Ranger pickup.
