Recall · 21V381000
Ford Motor recalled the FORD F-150 over power train
4,436
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
May 24, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2021 F-150 vehicles. The two-piece driveshafts may have been improperly assembled, which could result in driveshaft separation.
- What it can cause
- Driveshaft separation may result in a sudden loss of drive power, or unintended vehicle movement if the vehicle is in park without the parking brake applied, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect the driveshaft, and replace it if necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on June 15, 2021. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 21S25.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| FordF-150 | 2021 | 2021 |
How this campaign compares
At 4,436 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 73% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2021, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2021, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Ford vehicles have been recalled over the power train 76 times before this, most recently in January 2021 as 21V011000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 1 model year the campaign names. Their owners have filed 994 complaints with NHTSA, 6 of them before this campaign was filed. 308 of those name the power train, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 28 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V489000 (back over prevention), 26V402000 (power train), 26V104000 (electrical system), 25V729000 (visibility).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Ford Motor Company with NHTSA on May 24, 2021 as campaign 21V381000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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