Ford Motor Company is being instructed to collect about 3 million vehicles due to possible problems with airbag inflators. The move will cost the company about $ 610 million, according to for archiving they did with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
On Tuesday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration denied Ford’s 2017 petition to avoid the recall, according to several reports. The vehicles have potentially dangerous airbags, according to NHTSA, produced by the supplier Takata. In its decision, NHTSA said “The evidence makes it clear that these inflators pose a significant safety risk.”
Ford disclosed the potential cost of the recall in the paperwork filed with the SEC late on Thursday.
The recall will affect about 2.7 million vehicles in the United States and another 300,000 in Canada and other countries.
They include Ford Ranger, model year 2007-2011; Fusion, model years 2006-2012; Edge, model years 2007-2010; Lincoln MKZ / Zephyr, model year 2006-2012; MKX, model year 2007-2010; and Mercury Milan, model years 2006-2011.
Concerns about Takata airbag inflators have been a constant problem for vehicle manufacturers. About 100 million inflators installed by 19 major car manufacturers have been revoked in recent years.
The defect causes the insufflators to rupture, sending potentially deadly metal fragments to the vehicle. At least 27 people worldwide and 18 in the US have died as a result of the defect, according to Reuters.