Airbag Recall Info

If you are like me then you shudder at the thought of letting anyone else work on your car. I looked into this recall for the drivers airbag. Turns out it's easy and cheap enough to do it yourself. Took 20 minutes. mostly because I took 5 minutes to get the stupid fuse box cover off. Here's the instructions. http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs...4V802-0185.pdf The part number for the thing is 5R3Z-63043813-A It costs $15.28 list price. You need a 5/16 socket to change it. The same socket you need to remove the airbag from the steering wheel. My dealer mentioned that Ford is only allowing them to order 2 per week. Even comes in a box with a return shipping label in case you feel like sending the old one back. It was worth the money for me to have peace of mind.

Is there a way to find out which Ford/Lincoln models and years are affected? I assume this is the Takata recall?

Ol Paint is going in this Thursday for an airbag recall. Richard, I took the VIN and went to the Ford website to find out if it applied.

or you can call your local dealer with your VIN. Your LS is not affected by the recall.

Called the dealership Tuesday and they said they would order the part and to come in at 10 am Monday to have it installed

Check your VIN here:

https://owner.ford.com/tools/account...e/recalls.html

Thanks^^

I just found out my 2011 needs "DRIVER AIRBAG INFLATOR REPLACEMENT"

The recall has been expanded to include 2005-2014 Mustang. The full details of this have not been announced to dealers, so far we only have the info on doing the 2005-2008 cars that were originally involved.

So be patient, it could be several days (or even weeks) before Ford corporate finalizes the details on it, and once they do the parts may be in short supply for a while. Right now there is a weekly order restriction on them ... dealers can only order 2 to 6 per week depending on their business volume.

Any people that would like to get theirs done at Parkway, give us a call or email, and we will do our best to get you looked after.




thanks,
Ed N.

Fuck! My VIN is on the list. My ZL1 neighbor must never find out lmao!!!

Info on the Ford media site:

https://media.ford.com/content/fordm...ata--airb.html