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Ford Recalls Ranger Over Explosive Air Bags

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MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — Nearly 4,000 Ford Rangers have been recalled over driver side air bag inflators which can explode with too much force.

The recall covers trucks from 2004 through 2006 in the U.S. and Canada.

It comes just days after the government announced that a South Carolina man was killed when an inflator exploded in December. Joel Knight of Kershaw died when he was struck in the neck by metal shrapnel after his 2006 Ranger hit a cow in the road and struck a fence.

The government says automakers will recall another 5 million vehicles equipped with faulty inflators made by Takata Corp. of Japan. Some of the recalls are because of the crash that killed Knight, with the rest due to air bags failing in lab tests.

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