2006 FORD RANGER Recalls — Canada & USA

The 2006 Ford Ranger has 10 recalls, all centered on the same critical issue: both the driver and passenger frontal airbag inflators can rupture during deployment, sending metal fragments into the cabin and raising the risk of serious injury or death. Every recall on this vehicle involves the frontal airbag inflators. Both the driver and passenger side units can explode rather than inflate cleanly in a crash, scattering sharp metal toward occupants. Prior repair attempts did not fully resolve the problem, and later recalls were issued to implement more complete fixes. Two of these recalls carry a stop-drive advisory, meaning Ford has asked owners not to drive affected trucks until the repair is completed. There is also a concern specific to vehicles that already received a replacement passenger-side inflator under an earlier recall: those replacement parts may have been installed incorrectly and can fail to inflate the airbag properly in a crash.