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Safety Recall on Certain 2017 Mustangs (ARC passenger air bag inflators)

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FORD ISSUES TWO SAFETY RECALLS AND TWO SAFETY COMPLIANCE RECALLS IN NORTH AMERICA

DEARBORN, Mich., Aug. 31, 2017 – Ford Motor Company is issuing two safety recalls and two safety compliance recalls in North America. Details are as follows:

2017 Ford F-150 and Mustang vehicles

  • Ford is issuing a safety recall for approximately 935 2017 Ford F-150 and Mustang vehicles for ARC passenger air bag inflators. Ford was notified by Takata, a supplier that uses the inflators in airbag modules, of an abnormal deployment of ARC’s passenger airbag inflator during testing conducted at Takata’s engineering facility.
  • In the affected vehicles, the ARC inflator may rupture during a front passenger airbag deployment resulting from a crash which may result in metal fragments striking vehicle occupants and causing serious injury and death.
  • Ford is not aware of any accidents or injuries associated with this issue.
  • Affected vehicles include:
  • 2017 Ford F-150 built at Kansas City Assembly Plant, July 20, 2017 to Aug. 1, 2017
  • 2017 Ford Mustang built at Flat Rock Assembly Plant, July 20, 2017 to Aug. 1, 2017
  • The recall involves approximately 935 vehicles in North America, including 650 in the United States and federalized territories, 279 in Canada and six in Mexico. The Ford reference number for this recall is 17S26.
  • Dealers will replace passenger airbag modules.

https://media.ford.com/content/ford...ecalls-and-two-safety-compliance-recalls.html
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How is Takata still in business? They must make bank from the airbag gig, enough to make gigantic settlement payoffs and still keep the doors open. Do they have any competitors?
 

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Why the HELL is Takata still in business? And why are they still putting airbags into vehicles.
 

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2017 Ford Mustang built at Flat Rock Assembly Plant, July 20, 2017 to Aug. 1, 2017
Shouldn't those be 2018 models? My '17 was built July 27, 2016, and as far as I know '16 MY production had already ceased. Or is that a typo and it applies to '17's made in '16?

And after the massive recall, why in the hell would they still use takata??? Didn't learn the first time apparently?
 

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