Assembly Mistake Forces Ford To Recall 144,000 F-150 Trucks For Faulty Air Bags

Ford Motor Co. said it would recall about 144,000 F-150 models in the United States and Canada from the 2005 and 2006 model years over a risk that airbags could deploy because of a short circuit.

The automaker said a mistake in the assembly of the trucks at its Norfolk, Va., plant could cause an airbag wire in the steering wheel to short circuit.

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Lexus - 2/24/2011 2:38:34 AM

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ah...ha...ha...ha... That's is funny one. And we probably have 100,000+ by now saying how Toyota is suck and etc. Even with of this recall Toyota still make the most reliable cars on the road today. The number of recall compare to the number of cars they produces per year are still very small.

Hoorayforpeepee - 2/23/2011 1:01:16 PM

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Funny ... Reuters puts the number recalled at 280946 vehicles ... common 009, this isn't Hyundai you can actually post facts this time !

Don't forget the recall on the Windstar either last week ! common buddy, you've got 400 000 recalls on it due to subframes collapsing ( Ford ordered dealerships to buy back the vehicles it couldn't repair !!! )

The toll so far ? 7 crashes with injuries

Seems like a big deal to me !

Agent009 - 2/23/2011 2:18:57 PM

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Funny I am looking a the Reuters article and it say 144,000.. You might want to double check your links?

Hoorayforpeepee - 2/23/2011 4:15:11 PM

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Ohhhh I see, you're only mentionning TODAY'S FORD RECALL

What about Earlier's

http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2011/02/ford-f-150-recalled-over-faulty-door-handles.html

So let's see ... how many cars has Ford recalled this month

Hey 009 at least you're being consistent

Agent009 - 2/23/2011 2:16:47 PM

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SemperLexus- We reported on the VW issues twice, before. Pay attention.

Hoorayforpeepee - 2/23/2011 4:20:53 PM

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Hey Sporty Turbo, 2.14 MILLION Nissan SUVs recalled !

http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/2010/10/nissan-announces-third-largest-recall-in-company-history-214-million-pathfinder-armada-xterra.html

Enjoy !

grenouille - 2/23/2011 5:45:44 PM

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Ford said that a warning light had been illuminated notifying driver's that the vehicle needed service.

Read more: http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110223/RETAIL05/302239953/1147#ixzz1EpBpay1t

Now that's hard to beat.... How about trying to advise drivers with a air-bag warning light.... but hey first Ford would have to figure that out it this is to Ford a ''MISSION IMPOSSIBLE ''

internationalmanofmystery - 2/24/2011 9:07:06 AM

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(hangs head)

...only on our most popular model. Ah well, people don't really need airbags these days.