Ford Motor Company is recalling more than 150,000 vehicles due to safety issues related to airbags after losing the ‘obsolete’ pieces.
In a notice posted this week, the company said some vehicles “may have recovered obsolete Takata service components in collisions and theft after the Takata recall was completed.”
The company said a few dozen recalled pieces could not be traced when the service section was cleaned, and they recall about 154,000 vehicles that may have had it installed during a repair.
“After extensive investigation and detection, Ford was unable to account for some of the obsolete Takata service components, indicating that they may have been installed on vehicles as part of collisions or theft repairs,” the statement said. They also said they had issued the recall at the request of the U.S. National Road Safety Administration.
This recall contains approximately 153,000 Rangers from 2004 to 2006.
Another recall, also over concerns about outdated Takata airbag parts, contains about 1,100 vehicles. These include certain Rangers, Mustangs, GTs, Fusions and Edges from 2004 to 2012.
More details and specific recalled vehicles can be found on Ford’s website.