Recall · 21V978000
Ford Motor recalled the FORD Transit over power train
4,548
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
December 16, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2020 Transit vehicles equipped with All Wheel Drive (AWD). The bolts that attach the rear driveshaft to the transfer case may become loose or damaged, which can result in separation of the driveshaft from the transfer case.
- What it can cause
- Driveshaft separation can result in a loss of drive power, or unintended movement while parked if the parking brake is not engaged, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and replace the driveshaft bolts. If any loose bolts are found, the driveshaft, attachment hardware, transfer case flange kit, and seal will also be replaced. Repairs will be performed free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 4, 2022. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 21S54.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FordTransit | 2020 | 2020 |
How this campaign compares
At 4,548 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, 2020, so the oldest vehicles on it were one model year old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Ford vehicles have been recalled over the power train 80 times before this, most recently in July 2021 as 21V536000. 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 83 complaints with NHTSA, 17 of them before this campaign was filed. 17 of those name the power train, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in January 2020, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 8 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V876000 (equipment adaptive/mobility), 25V442000 (back over prevention), 23V499000 (fuel system, gasoline), 21V631000 (parking brake).
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 21V978000. 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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