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Ford Recall 00S17: Ford/Side Air Bags
2000 Ford Explorer
Inadvertent side air bag deployment could cause personal injury to the seat occupant.
Air Bags — Side/Window
- Summary
- Vehicle description: 4-door sport utility vehicles equipped with side air bags. The subject vehicles have a revised level side crash sensor that could deploy the side air bag if the ignition key is in the "run" position and the seatbelt webbing is forcibly extracted from a locked retractor with a jerking motion.
- Actions
- Dealers will replace the side crash sensors with a revised design that will reduce the likelihood of an unexpected side air bag deployment.
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