Recall · 25V169000
Ford Motor recalled the FORD F-150 over power train
567
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
March 14, 2025
Filed with NHTSA
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2021 F-150 vehicles previously repaired incorrectly under recall number 22V-188. The Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) for low transmission fluid pressure may falsely activate and cause the transmission to unexpectedly shift into neutral.
- What it can cause
- An unexpected shift into neutral will cause a loss of drive power and increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will update the Powertrain Control Module (PCM) software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 22, 2025. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 25S24.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 888-327-4236 (TTY 888-275-9171) 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 .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| FordF-150 | 2021 | 2021 |
How this campaign compares
At 567 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 52% 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 4 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Ford vehicles have been recalled over the power train 112 times before this, most recently in February 2025 as 25V133000. 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, 457 of them before this campaign was filed. 308 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 2021, 4 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 14, 2025 as campaign 25V169000. 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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