US Ford sellers have been issued with a stop-sale order for the Ford Ranger after its fifth recall in 4 months.
A recall discover for 100,900 automobiles has been issued for all Rangers made between 2024 and 2026 because of the potential for his or her facet curtain airbags to separate and lose strain when deployed in a collision, posing a security problem to occupants.
The potential fault means the airbags don’t meet federal security compliance rules within the US.
In keeping with the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration (NHTSA), affected homeowners shall be notified on September 8, 2025 and warned of the security threat. Nonetheless, the US automaker won’t have components to treatment all affected automobiles till December this yr.
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Ford Australia has been contacted by CarExpert for touch upon whether or not there’s any affect on the Ranger and the Ranger-based Everest giant SUV offered in Australia, because the two automobiles share a big variety of elements.
The Ranger offered within the US is made at Ford’s Wayne, Michigan plant. Rangers offered in Australia are made in Thailand, aside from the plug-in hybrid Ranger PHEV, which comes from South Africa.
It’s not clear if the airbags fitted in US-made automobiles are the identical as these fitted in Rangers produced elsewhere – and sourced from the identical provider – or whether or not they’re market-specific components.
It’s the fifth recall for the US-made Ranger in as many months, with a braking problem, instrument cluster downside, steering fault and improperly secured driver’s seat all prompting recollects within the US since Might 2025.
In Australia, Ford recalled the Ranger and Everest late final month for a transmission problem, which got here after each mannequin had been recalled in July for a software program problem affecting their reversing cameras in 36,000 automobiles. That recall prolonged to incorporate the Mustang sports activities automobile, the Focus small hatch/sedan, in addition to the Escape and Endura SUVs.
The Ranger and Everest are the 2 best-selling fashions for Ford Australia, accounting for round 90 per cent of the model’s complete gross sales quantity. Ranger was additionally the top-selling automobile in Australia – snatching the crown from the Toyota HiLux – in each 2023 and 2024.
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