Hanoi (VNA) – FordVietnam said it is recalling 119 Ford Ranger and Ford Everest cars manufacturedin Vietnam for checking and replacing failed airbags.
Of those, 113 vehicles are FordRanger Wildtrak 3.2 pickup trucks which were the bestsellers in the Vietnamesemarket. The cars were produced between October 29, 2016 and January 27, 2017.
The remaining cars are FordEverest 2.2L AT 2WD models, manufactured between December 10, 2016 and January12, 2017.
The recall is attributed tofailure in their airbag activation devices, which might cause the safetyequipment to not inflate when a collision occurs.
These cars will be recalled untilSeptember 30, 2020, with repair time taking just two hours per vehicle.
The Vietnam Register hasrecommended clients of Ford Vietnam to bring their cars for quality check toensure safety.-VNA
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