Ford Motor Company: Air Bags › Frontal › Driver Side › Inflator Module
Ford Motor Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Mar 10, 2021 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 2,602,668. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
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.
The risk
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.
40 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Ford Fusion | 2,517 | 6 | 9 | 107 |
| 2012 Lincoln MKZ | 146 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 2012 Lincoln Zephyr | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Ford Fusion | 2,795 | 9 | 11 | 80 |
| 2011 Ford Ranger | 235 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 2011 Lincoln MKZ | 145 | 7 | 3 | 11 |
| 2011 Lincoln Zephyr | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Mercury Milan | 192 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 Ford Edge | 673 | 7 | 3 | 28 |
| 2010 Ford Fusion | 5,131 | 13 | 9 | 122 |
| 2010 Ford Ranger | 156 | 9 | 0 | 6 |
| 2010 Lincoln MKX | 111 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 2010 Lincoln MKZ | 170 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 2010 Lincoln Zephyr | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Mercury Milan | 1,003 | 13 | 1 | 40 |
| 2009 Ford Edge | 261 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| 2009 Ford Fusion | 1,023 | 7 | 5 | 65 |
| 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 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 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 Lincoln MKZ | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 Lincoln Zephyr | 229 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 2006 Mercury Milan | 214 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
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 21V158000.
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