Ford has added the 2007-2011 Ranger to the long list of vehicles affected by the faulty Takata airbag inflators.

Many owners ignore recall notices and with no reports of any actual inflator fractures in Ford vehicles, we want to know how many Ranger owners plan to have their vehicle checked out under the new recall?

 

"Planning" to get the airbag inflators replaced won't get you anything. Takata has so many inflators to replace that it'll be years before it gets accomplished. I received a notification last year that my airbag was affected by the recall, but at the rate it's going, my 2004 Ranger will be eligible for "antique" license plates before Ford has enough in stock to replace the airbag inflators of non-new vehicles..

 

And this is a surprise, to whom? I knew damn well they were affected as soon as the story got big and became general knowledge. Just waiting for the word. The problem is, (my guess) is they can't very well recall every single car and truck with an airbag made in the last 15 years all at once. So it's a slow roll of the whole thing.

WHAT WOULD BE GREAT is a way of disabling the goddamn things in the interim.

For example, the ON/OFF switch, it's just a damn shame those haven't been invented yet. Maybe someday.

 

I already got my passenger side done. No parts available for the driver's side yet, but I will get it done as soon they're available. In the meantime, I'm not worried about the airbags deploying. The chances of having metal shrapnel hitting you is very slim. Most of the recalled airbags deploy normally.

 

Did you guys receive a notice of re-call from ford? I have not gotten anything on my 2011 ranger. Just wondering. Thanks.

 

Well, that settles it then. Thanks!!

 

Can affected Ranger owners expect a letter in the mail informing of the recall, or do they not bother with this kind of thing anymore?

 

You may get the letter (whenever), but it only informs you that there is a recall and that they'll notify you whenever they get the parts in; which you can freely interpret to mean that it'll be a cold day in hell then.

 

OK. What is the agency responsible for this? What data do they use, DMV records? Just curious. Must have been a hell of a task to do stuff like that before the days of computers.