Recall · 21V983000
Ford Motor recalled the FORD F-150 over latches/locks/linkages
57,591
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
December 16, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2018 F-150 vehicles with manual and power release tailgates. The tailgate latches may unlatch unexpectedly while driving.
- What it can cause
- Unexpected tailgate opening may allow unrestrained cargo to fall out of the truck bed and become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the left-hand and right-hand tailgate latches, free of charge. An interim notification letter was mailed January 31, 2022. Owner notification letters were mailed on May 31, 2022. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 21S53.
- 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 | 2018 | 2018 |
How this campaign compares
At 57,591 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 90% 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, 2018, so the oldest vehicles on it were 3 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Ford vehicles have been recalled over the latches/locks/linkages 22 times before this, most recently in June 2020 as 20V331000. 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 2,281 complaints with NHTSA, 603 of them before this campaign was filed. 57 of those name the latches/locks/linkages, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in December 2017, 3 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 7 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V375000 (power train), 26V373000 (exterior lighting), 25V236000 (service brakes, hydraulic), 24V852000 (equipment).
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 21V983000. 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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