21V407000
STEERING
Loss of steering control can increase the risk of a crash.
2021 FORD F-150
28 safety recall campaigns, 1 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 1 defect investigation, 1,250 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
1 campaign covering the 2021 FORD F-150 carries NHTSA’s “park it” advisory — the federal government telling owners to stop driving the vehicle until the remedy has been performed. Whether it was performed on any particular car is not something NHTSA publishes in a form anyone can query; a franchised dealer can run the VIN and print the record in a minute, and the repair is free.
The record
Recall campaigns28
Park it1stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints1,250
Complaints citing a crash19
Complaints citing a fire7
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 28
26V402000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Park system damage may result in a vehicle rollaway, increasing the risk of a crash.
26V104000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INTEGRATED TRAILER BRAKE CONTROL
Trailer lights or brakes that do not function can reduce the driver’s ability to control the trailer and decrease the trailers visibility to other road users, increasing the risk of a crash.
25V729000
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
A detached wind deflector can become a road hazard and increase the risk of a crash.
25V455000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
An engine stall increases the risk of a crash.
25V348000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BACK UP LIGHTS
Inoperative reverse lights may fail to alert others that the vehicle is reversing, increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 275POWER TRAIN
- 112ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 92EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 90UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 79ENGINE
- 65VISIBILITY
- 56VISIBILITY/WIPER
- 51SERVICE BRAKES
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2021 FORD F-150s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.