Ford Widens Takata Airbag Recall

2008 Ford Mustang

Ford Motor Co. is adding another 502,500 cars in North America to its recall of vehicles equipped with faulty Takata Corp. airbag inflators that could explode.

The campaign covers the driver-side airbag inflators in 500,400 of the company's 2005-2008 model Mustang sport coupes and 2,100 Ford GT sports cars made in 2005-2006. About 463,000 of the vehicles are in the U.S., 27,500 in Canada, 7,600 in Mexico and 4,500 outside North America.

Ford's original recall covered 55,200 of those vehicles located in high-humidity parts of the U.S. and its territories. The company is expanding that campaign after being ordered to do so by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Ford has now recalled 539,000 vehicles to replace driver- and/or passenger-side Takata inflators. The company reports one crash where the defect resulted in an injury.