Ford Motor Company: Air Bags › Frontal › Passenger Side › Inflator Module
Ford Motor Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Jan 10, 2017 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 654,695. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
Do not drive
NHTSA attached a do-not-drive advisory to this campaign. It applies to specific production runs, so check your own VIN with the manufacturer or at nhtsa.gov/recalls before driving the vehicle.
The defect
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2012 Ford Fusion and Mustang and Lincoln Zephyr and MKZ vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands, or "Zone A." Additionally, unless included in "Zone A" above, Ford is recalling certain 2009 Ford Ranger, Edge, Fusion and Mustang, Lincoln MKX, MKZ and Zephyr and Mercury Milan vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia, or "Zone B." Additionally, unless included in "Zone A" or "Zone B" above, Ford is recalling certain 2007-2008 Ford Ranger, Edge and Lincoln MKX, 2006-2008 Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, Lincoln Zephyr and MKZ, 2005-2008 Ford Mustang and 2005-2006 Ford GT vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in the states of Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger frontal air bag, these inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.
The risk
An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
The remedy
Owners are advised not to drive their vehicles until the repair has been performed. Ford will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator, free of charge. Interim letters informing owners of the recall and that parts are not yet available began mailing March 1, 2017. Owners will receive a second notice when remedy parts become available. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 19S01.
36 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Ford Fusion | 2,517 | 6 | 9 | 107 |
| 2012 Ford Mustang | 469 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 2012 Lincoln MKZ | 146 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 2012 Lincoln Zephyr | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Ford Edge | 261 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| 2009 Ford Fusion | 1,023 | 7 | 5 | 65 |
| 2009 Ford Mustang | 181 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 2009 Ford Ranger | 169 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 Lincoln MKX | 66 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Lincoln MKZ | 114 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 2009 Lincoln Zephyr | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Mercury Milan | 226 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 2008 Ford Edge | 1,120 | 7 | 15 | 39 |
| 2008 Ford Fusion | 1,353 | 6 | 6 | 53 |
| 2008 Ford Mustang | 347 | 8 | 0 | 21 |
| 2008 Ford Ranger | 326 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 2008 Lincoln MKX | 253 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 Lincoln MKZ | 281 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 2008 Lincoln Zephyr | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 Mercury Milan | 451 | 5 | 1 | 22 |
| 2007 Ford Edge | 989 | 6 | 22 | 16 |
| 2007 Ford Fusion | 1,064 | 5 | 5 | 58 |
| 2007 Ford Mustang | 615 | 9 | 5 | 46 |
| 2007 Ford Ranger | 270 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 2007 Lincoln MKX | 298 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 2007 Lincoln MKZ | 259 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 2007 Lincoln Zephyr | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 Mercury Milan | 434 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 2006 Ford Fusion | 730 | 5 | 4 | 38 |
| 2006 Ford GT | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 Ford Mustang | 424 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 2006 Lincoln MKZ | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 Lincoln Zephyr | 229 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 2006 Mercury Milan | 214 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 2005 Ford GT | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 Ford Mustang | 705 | 9 | 7 | 31 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 17V024000.
Full record for the 2012 Ford Fusion → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →