---
title: "Ford Expands Safety Recall for Faulty Takata Airbag Inflators"
description: "Ford Motor Company has added seven different models to the list of vehicles affected by faulty Takata airbag inflators. The recall comes as the third planned expansion of vehicles included in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Takata Coordinated Remedy Order gets underway."
date: "2018-01-19"
modified: "2018-01-19"
authors:
  - name: "Jerry Perez"
    job_title: "Deputy Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/jerry-perez"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/17778/ford-expands-safety-recall-for-faulty-takata-airbag-inflators"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Ford"
  - "NHTSA"
  - "Takata airbags"
---

# Ford Expands Safety Recall for Faulty Takata Airbag Inflators

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Ford Motor Company has added seven different models to the list of vehicles affected by faulty Takata airbag inflators in a release issued [Thursday](<https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2018/01/17/ford-issues-safety-compliance-recall--expands-safety-recall-for-.html>). The recall comes as the third planned [expansion](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/17601/ford-warns-2900-pickup-owners-to-stop-driving-after-another-death-via-takata-airbags>) of vehicles included in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Takata Coordinated Remedy Order gets underway.

The recall affects approximately 2009 and 2010 models of the [Ford Ranger](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/17663/ford-reveals-the-2019-ranger-at-north-american-international-auto-show>), Ford Fusion, Ford Edge, Ford Mustang, Lincoln MKZ, Lincoln MKX, and Mercury Milan vehicles built in North America. Newer models affected also include the 2013 [Ford Mustang](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/17793/insane-ohio-ford-dealer-offers-twin-turbo-800-horsepower-2018-mustang-starting-at-51995>) built at the Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Michigan. The United States is home to 327,796 recalled Ford vehicles out of 364,523 total. All units affected fall under the 18S01 recall number.

Faulty Takata airbag inflators have claimed 19 lives worldwide, with the most recent tragedy taking place in July 2017, when an already-recalled (but not repaired) airbag unit detonated in a 2004 Honda Civic. Other manufacturers involved include Subaru, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Jaguar, Toyota, Honda, GM, and Land Rover.

According to Ford, owners will be notified by mail and [dealers will replace](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/11050/majority-of-cars-equipped-with-takata-airbags-yet-to-be-fixed-senator-says>) the passenger frontal airbag inflator or module at no cost.

## Author
Jerry is responsible for upholding The Drive's ethos as an audience-first, enthusiast-driven car blog that serves up industry-leading news, reviews, culture, and motorsport coverage. Overseeing a staff of writers and editors from his home base in Indianapolis, he helps curate the site's daily rundown, as well as its medium- and long-term content strategies. Jerry joined The Drive in 2018 as a writer and worked as news editor and managing editor before becoming the deputy in 2023. As a lifelong car enthusiast and racing fan, Jerry believes that all cars are cool, but the people behind the machines are even cooler. This belief often gives The Drive a slightly different focus from most other car sites, where we explore the humanity behind the machines. When he's not obsessing over the day's biggest stories or hanging out at a race track, Jerry can be found behind the wheel of a car, most likely sharing a laugh with his teenage son or daughter.

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