Recall · 23V163000
Ford Motor recalled the FORD F-150 over visibility
222,454
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
March 10, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2021 F-150 vehicles. The windshield wiper arms may break, causing the windshield wipers to fail.
- What it can cause
- Inoperative windshield wipers can reduce visibility in certain conditions, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and replace the wiper arms, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 13, 2023. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 23S10. This recall expands previous recall number 22V-250.
- 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 222,454 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 95% 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, so the oldest vehicles on it were 2 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Ford vehicles have been recalled over the visibility 34 times before this, most recently in February 2023 as 23V122000. 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, 149 of them before this campaign was filed. 78 of those name the visibility, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in January 2021, 2 years before this filing.
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 March 10, 2023 as campaign 23V163000. 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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