[TusharK]

Ford has announced that it will recall 30 lakh vehicles over faulty airbag inflators that could rupture.



It is said that the airbag inflators could rupture and send metal fragments flying which could cause injury and could be potentially deadly as well.

This recall includes 27 lakh vehicles sold in the US alone. The models that are affected by this recall include Ranger, Fusion, Edge, Lincoln Zephyr / MKZ, Mercury Milan and Lincoln MKX manufactured between 2006 and 2012.

Earlier, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) rejected the carmaker's 2017 petition to avoid recalling vehicles with Takata airbags. The total cost of the recall is estimated to be US$ 610 million.

Source: ET Auto

[Lowflyer23]

I don't understand why manufacturers are hell bent on having Takata as their supplier even after so many failures and recalls. Honda, Toyota and Ford didn't learn from each other's mistake.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Lowflyer23

I don't understand why manufacturers are hell bent on having Takata as their supplier even after so many failures and recalls. Honda, Toyota and Ford didn't learn from each other's mistake.

Takata is already bankrupt and is not in operation since 2017, this recall is on some vehicles manufactured until 2012.

2007-11 Ford Ranger, the 2006-12 Ford Fusion, the 2007-10 Ford Edge, the 2006-12 Lincoln MKZ/Zephyr, the 2007-10 Lincoln MKX and the 2006-11 Mercury Milan

Ford lost its fight with NHTSA and was forced to initiate the recall.