Recall · 21V976000
Ford Motor recalled the FORD Maverick over fuel system, gasoline
5,456
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
December 16, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2022 Maverick vehicles. The fuel tank may have been damaged by drill holes during the installation of the spray-in bed-liner. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 301, "Fuel System Integrity."
- What it can cause
- A damaged fuel tank may result in a fuel leak, increasing the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and replace the fuel tank as necessary, free of charge. Interim owner notification letters were mailed on January 28, 2022. Owner notification letters were mailed on March 15, 2022. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 21C35.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FordMaverick | 2022 | 2022 |
How this campaign compares
At 5,456 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 75% 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, 2022, 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 fuel system, gasoline 69 times before this, most recently in August 2021 as 21V625000. 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 149 complaints with NHTSA. 1 of those name the fuel system, gasoline, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 27 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V340000 (suspension), 26V104000 (electrical system), 25V685000 (equipment), 25V442000 (back over prevention).
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 December 16, 2021 as campaign 21V976000. 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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