Desi Ujkashevic, Global Director Fairlane Plaza South, Suite 400
Automotive Safety Office 330 Town Center Drive
Sustainabiity,Environment & Safety Engineering Dearborn,MI 48126-2738

December 18, 2017

Anja Flowers

Office of Chief Counsel

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E.

Washington, DC 20590

Dear Ms. Flowers:

Subject: Ford Motor Company Request regarding Priority Group 4 Ford Ranger vehicles

This letter supplements Ford’s request for extension dated November 30, 2017, and is
sent to follow-up on our phone call of December 8, 2017. With respect to 2004-2006
Ford Rangers with an SDI inflator that is part of NHTSA recall campaign 16V-036,
Ford respectfully requests:

e An extension of the Sufficient Supply & Remedy Launch Deadline for 2004-
2006 Ford Ranger DAB (A)' from November 30, 2017 to December 31, 2017

e Anextension of the Sufficient Supply & Remedy Launch Deadline for 2004-
2006 Ford Ranger DAB (Non-A) from December 31, 2017 to March 31, 2018

e Relief from mailing of parts delay letter to owners of 2004-2006 Ford Ranger
(Non-A) vehicles

Both the driver and passenger final remedy parts for the 2004-2006 Ford Ranger
vehicles have become available at the same time. In order to minimize the
inconvenience to our customers and to maximize recall completion rates, Ford is
launching a final remedy program on 2004-2006 Ford Ranger vehicles that includes
replacing both the driver and passenger inflators during the same repair. As
discussed, Ford proposes to mail to the states of California and South Carolina by
December 31, 2017, and to also include the rest of Zone A. Even though Ford already
launched a program to customers in the other Zone A states with “like for like” interim
repair parts, Ford believes that it is in the interest of safety to notify customers in the entire
Zone A region about the availability of final repair parts.

Ford intends to mail all owners of vehicles identified as Zone A by December 31, 2017,
notifying them that final remedy parts are available for their vehicle beginning in
January 2018. If a customer in Zone A contacts their dealer before January 2018,
parts should already be available. As final remedy parts continue to become

1 California and South Carolina only.


available, Ford will notify all owners of 2004-2006 Ford Ranger vehicles identified as
non-Zone A before March 31, 2018 that final remedy parts are available.

Additionally, with respect to 2004-2006 Ford Ranger (Non-A) vehicles, Ford requests
relief from the requirements of Paragraph 44 of the Fifth Amendment to the November
3, 2015 Coordinated Remedy Order dated November 9, 2017 to notify owners of a
parts delay for Priority Groups 4, 5, and 6 vehicles for which programs have not yet
launched. Ford is scheduled to begin sending letters announcing the availability of
final repair parts beginning in December 2017 and will complete that mailing before
March 31, 2018. We believe that sending the notifications required under Paragraph

44 in such close proximity with final repair letters will be confusing for owners and will
dilute the effectiveness of the final repair notifications.

f you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely,
JOA Taindf

Desi Ujkashevic