2006 FORD FORD GT Recalls, Complaints & Safety

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2007-2011 Ford Ranger vehicles, 2006-2011 Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan and Lincoln Zephyr/MKZ vehicles, 2007-2010 Ford Edge, Lincoln MKX vehicles, 2005-2006 Ford GT vehicles, and 2005-2011 Ford Mustang vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands, or "Zone A." Additionally, unless included in "Zone A" above, Ford is recalling certain model year 2007-2008 Ford Ranger, Edge and Lincoln MKX vehicles, 2006-2008 Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan and Lincoln Zephyr/MKZ vehicles, 2005-2006 Ford GT vehicles and 2005-2008 Ford Mustang vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, or "Zone B." Any vehicle not included in "Zone A", or "Zone B" is not included in the safety recall. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, and used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the front air bags, these inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.

Remedy: Owners are advised not to drive their vehicles until the repair has been performed. Ford will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator, free of charge. Ford mailed interim letters informing owners that parts are not yet available on July 15, 2016. Owners will receive a second notice when remedy parts become available. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 19S01.

1,892,343 vehicles affected

CALLED LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP,THEY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THIS AND WILL NOT ORDER PARTS UNTIL THEY RECEIVE SOMETHING.

TAKATA RECALL NOTIFIED BY FORD OF THE RECALL IN MARCH 2017 AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THE REPAIR MADE BY DEALER. FOR 7 MONTHS THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE GARAGE AND UNABLE TO BE USED DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR PASSENGER INJURY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD GT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 90 MPH ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT FROM THIRD TO FOURTH GEAR, AN ABNORMAL SOUND EMITTED FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER SUDDENLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO TWO PARKED VEHICLES. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SUSPENSION ARM FRACTURED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000.

Crash

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IN THE MIDDLE LANE GOING APPROXIMATELY 65-70 MPH WHEN MY CAR JUST DIED. THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS CAME ON AND I WAS ABLE TO COAST OVER TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER WERE I PLACED IT IN PARK AND THEN IT STARTED RIGHT UP. IT HAS RUN FINE BEFORE THAT INCIDENT AND HAS RUN FINE EVER SINCE. I PROCEEDED TO DRIVE DIRECTLY TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND THEY HAD THE VEHICLE ALL DAY TEST DRIVING AND PLACED IT ON THERE COMPUTER AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. AT THIS TIME, I ONLY HAD 479 MILES ON THE CAR. *JB