Following on from a similar recall in Canada, Ford is recalling 154,604 2011-2013 model year Fiestas, manufactured in Mexico from 3 November 2009 to 21 September 2012, in the US.
The passenger side curtain air bag will not deploy in the event of a side impact collision when the front passenger seat is empty. Although the side curtain air bag system was designed to suppress the side curtain air bag in such a case, that information is not explained in the owner’s guide for these vehicles as required by federal regulation FMVSS No.208.
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An occupant in the right rear seating position will not have coverage from the side curtain air bag in a side impact collision when the front passenger seat is empty, increasing the risk of injury to the right rear occupant.
Dealers will reprogramme the restraint control module software.
