Airbag recalls?

[HoosierDaddy]

When I took delivery of my 2016 GT, there was a car hauler loaded up with S197s from 2014 thru earlier than 2010 leaving the dealer.

I asked what that was about and was told there was an airbag recall and no replacement parts so dealers couldn't sell those cars so they were unloading them at auction after giving up on getting them fixed. My salesman claimed that dealers took a bath on a lot of them before they realized there was no fix and basically stopped giving more than scrap value (exaggeration) for trade ins. He claimed people have been waiting for the parts for years.

Is that true? And how many cars had the bad airbags? I had a 2011 Performance Package I bought new and never got a recall.

I had heard of a major airbag recall that effected lots of brands but if that is what this is I can't believe it would take Ford years to fix them.

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[Tony Alonso]

All S197 cars and model years were recalled because of the Takata airbag safety issue. People have been waiting for a year, but supposedly some of the replacements will begin in a few months according to some folks who I know that have '08 Bullitts.

I just looked at buying an '08 Bullitt a few days ago, and the non-Ford dealer that had it was asking a pretty decent dollar on it. No "bad airbag" price lowering impact on it

Ford has been waiting for replacement parts because of the huge volume of recalls (14 manufacturers and 28 million cars). Read here for a summary.

 

[Clump]

My buddy has a '14 GT and got a recall notice on the passenger side airbag about 8 months ago. Still waiting for the part to come in.

 

[Shark77]

Honda gave my wife a 2015 Accord to drive around until parts come in to replace the air bag on her 2011 CRV. We're told by the dealer that it could be 6 months till parts are in...

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