Ford
Motor Co. said Wednesday it is abandoning 470,000
Ford Mustangs from the 2005-2008 archetypal years
to adapt how angrily the air bag deploys on the
foreground commuter ancillary of the car. Internal
testing showed the air bag could abuse a small,
unbelted passenger, said Ford agent Wesley
Sherwood. The anamnesis was acquaint on the
website of the U.S. National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration. Sherwood said the fix would
abode actual attenuate scenario, and there were
no letters of injuries or accidents angry to the
recall.
Nearly 435,000 of the recalled cars are in the
United States, with a lot of of the actual cars in
Mexico and Canada. The Dearborn-based automaker
will acquaint barter by mail in aboriginal March.
Owners can yield their car to a banker to accept
the air bag recalibrated to arrange at a lower
force. For added details, owners can alarm Ford at
(866) 436-7332 or appointment the companys