Recall · 24V770000
Ford Motor recalled 2 models over suspension
2,416
Vehicles covered
2
Models
3
Model years
October 16, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2024 Ranger, and 2024-2025 Bronco vehicles. The front upper control arm ball joint nut may not have been installed or tightened properly, allowing the front upper control arm to detach from the knuckle assembly.
- What it can cause
- A detached control arm can cause a loss of vehicle steering and control, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and verify that the ball joint fastener is tightened properly. If a fastener is loose or missing, the dealer will replace the ball joint and knuckle assembly as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on November 20, 2024. Owners may contact Ford Customer Service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 24S64.
- 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 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 .
How this campaign compares
At 2,416 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 68% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2024 to 2025, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2024, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Ford vehicles have been recalled over the suspension 40 times before this, most recently in August 2024 as 24V593000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 3 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 197 complaints with NHTSA, 7 of them before this campaign was filed. 9 of those name the suspension, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 31 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V468000 (engine), 26V403000 (structure), 26V343000 (engine and engine cooling), 26V268000 (seats).
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 October 16, 2024 as campaign 24V770000. 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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