Updated 1:30 p.m. ET
(Bloomberg) – U.S. auto safety regulators again warned drivers that certain older pickups made by Ford Motor Co. should be parked until they replace dangerous air bags that can explode in a crash.
The 2006 Ford Ranger and Mazda B-Series pickups contain defective air bag inflators made by Takata Corp. that NHTSA in January first warned should not be driven because the parts pose “an immediate risk to safety.”
Slow progress
NHTSA issued an additional warning Monday due to slow progress in replacing the defective parts, which can explode in a crash and spray vehicle occupants with metal shards. The defect has been linked to more than a dozen deaths and hundreds of injuries.
“I cannot stress strongly enough the urgency of this recall – these air bags are dangerous,” Heidi King, deputy administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said in a statement on Monday. “Every vehicle must be accounted for now.”
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