Forget Unintended Accel, How About Unintended Airbag Deployment?

http://detnews.com/article/20110223/AUTO01/102230328/Ford-to-recall-F-150-trucks-over-air-bags

Ford to recall F-150 trucks over air bags
David Shepardson / Detroit News Washington Bureau

Washington — Ford Motor Co. will recall 144,000 F-150 trucks over concerns raised by the government that air bags could deploy without warning, the company said late Tuesday.

That decision is a turnaround for the Dearborn automaker, which has steadfastly refused to recall the pickups in the face of federal government pressure, but the recall is not as broad as regulators wanted.

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NHTSA found that the F-150 driver-side air bag wires can be chafed by a sharp metal edge of the horn plate during normal vehicle operations or due to road vibrations. Once the wire insulation is cut, a short can cause the air bag to deploy.

 

The should be fined about $ 15 million by the US government .

 

That's scary.

 

Hey, whats good for Toyota is good for Ford. At least this won't be chalked up to driver error and is a legitimate problem and not some made up conspiracy by our Govt to boost American automakers and destroy Toyota.