Ford Gt, Mustang, Mkx, Fusion, Zephyr, Milan. Published by Transport Canada as 2019005 on 8 January 2019. System: Airbag.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain vehicles, long-term exposure to high absolute humidity and temperature, combined with high temperature cycling, may eventually degrade the propellant contained in the passenger-front airbag. This could cause the airbag to deploy with more force than normal. If the airbag inflator ruptures, …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Transport Canada carries this recall as 2019005, dated 8 January 2019. The American register carries the same defect as campaign 16V384, dated 31 May 2016. They are the same defect because the manufacturer filed both under one internal campaign code, 19S01.
| Canada | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Number | 2019005 | 16V384 |
| Dated | 8 January 2019 | 31 May 2016 |
| Register | Transport Canada | NHTSA |
| Make | Ford | |
The two registers are 952 days apart: the American entry is dated first, the Canadian one second.
These are the dates each register records against its own notice. They are separate administrative acts in two countries, recorded by two authorities under two sets of rules, and this page does not claim that one caused the other or that owners in either country were contacted on those days. What it shows is that the same manufacturer campaign reached the two registers on different dates.
This campaign code also appears in a third register. The European alerts covers the European Union side.
Read the American notice 16V384, including every earlier version of its wording this site holds. The Canadian register explains why the manufacturer code is published there and what that makes possible. Canada and America sets every matched pair side by side.
Ford GT in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Ford GT is named on 15 American notices, 4 British and 4 European. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
The European register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2019005
- Recall date
- 8 January 2019
- Make
- Ford, Lincoln, Mercury
- Models
- GT, Mustang, MKX, Fusion, Zephyr, Milan, Edge, MKZ, Ranger
- Model years
- 2005 to 2014
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Airbag
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 300,898
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain vehicles, long-term exposure to high absolute humidity and temperature, combined with high temperature cycling, may eventually degrade the propellant contained in the passenger-front airbag. This could cause the airbag to deploy with more force than normal. If the airbag inflator ruptures, fragments could be propelled toward vehicle occupants or cause damage to the airbag assembly, preventing its proper function.Safety Risk:
If the vehicle is involved in a crash requiring an airbag deployment, the airbag inflator could rupture and create a risk of injury.Corrective Actions:
Owners will be notified by mail and instructed to take their vehicle to a dealer to have the passenger-front airbag inflator replaced.
Note: The Canadian climate results in the propellant degrading slowly. This recall is being conducted as a precaution to address future risk. It is expected that all airbag inflators will be replaced before their function would be affected.
Additional note: This recall supersedes recalls 2016-347 (Ford Safety Improvement Program 16S26), 2017-024 (Ford Recall 17S01) and 2018-035 (Ford Recall 18S01). Vehicles repaired under the previous recalls
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2019005.
Ford elsewhere in this register
Ford is named on 818 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2019064 · 12 February 2019 · Mustang, Navigator, MKX · Lights And Instruments
- 2019225 · 15 May 2019 · Ranger · Powertrain
- 2019226 · 15 May 2019 · Fusion · Powertrain
- 2019338 · 8 July 2019 · Focus · Fuel System
- 2019340 · 11 July 2019 · Ranger · Seats And Restraints
- 2019420 · 21 August 2019 · Aftermarket Rear Window Glass, F-150, F-250 · Other
- 2019431 · 27 August 2019 · Fusion, MKZ, Edge · Steering
- 2019432 · 27 August 2019 · Fiesta · Electrical
The same system: Airbag
734 notices in this register name Airbag. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2019008 · 9 January 2019 · XB, Is 250c, Is 350c · Airbag
- 2019004 · 7 January 2019 · Model S · Airbag
- 2019011 · 10 January 2019 · FF, F12 Berlinetta, F60 America · Airbag
- 2019013 · 10 January 2019 · Legacy, Forester, Outback · Airbag
- 2019016 · 11 January 2019 · Challenger, 300, Wrangler · Airbag
- 2019002 · 3 January 2019 · Passat, Eos, CC · Airbag
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Ford: 1,346 in the register, and 594 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2019.
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