Ford Motor Company recalls more than 150,000 vehicles for safety reasons related to airbags, after losing track of “obsolete” parts.
In a notice released this week, the company says some vehicles “may have had obsolete Takata service parts installed in the collision and theft repairs after the completion of the Takata recall.”
The company said several dozen parts could not be located when the service part was purged and recall about 154,000 vehicles that may have been installed during a repair.
“Following extensive investigations and investigations, Ford was unable to explain some of Takata’s obsolete service parts, indicating that they could have been installed on vehicles as part of a collision or theft repair,” the statement said. They also said they were withdrawing at the request of the US National Traffic Safety Administration.
This recall includes approximately 153,000 Rangers from 2004 to 2006.
Another recall, also due to concerns about obsolete Takata airbag parts, includes about 1,100 vehicles. These include certain Rangers, Mustangs, GTs, Mergers and Edges from 2004 to 2012.
More details and specific vehicles mentioned can be found on the Ford website.