2005 FORD RANGER Recalls — Canada & USA

The 2005 Ford Ranger has 7 recalls, all involving the frontal airbags: both driver and passenger inflators can rupture during deployment, sending metal fragments into the cabin and potentially causing serious injury. Every recall on this truck traces back to the same problem. The driver and passenger frontal airbag inflators can fail violently when the bags deploy in a crash, with excessive internal pressure or propellant degradation causing the inflator housing to burst and scatter metal fragments toward anyone inside the vehicle. Prior repair attempts did not fully resolve the issue, and subsequent recalls were filed to implement more complete fixes. Two of the recalls address a further complication: replacement passenger inflators installed under earlier repair campaigns may have been fitted incorrectly, meaning the airbag could fail to inflate properly in a crash rather than rupture, which carries its own injury risk.