# NHTSA recall 21V223000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 21V223000
- Manufacturer's number: 21C09
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2021\-03\-30
- Owners notified: 2021\-05\-21
- Component: BACK OVER PREVENTION:DISPLAY FUNCTION
- Units potentially affected: 34952
- Part numbers: LC5T\-19H423\-AM, LC5T\-19H423\-AL, LC5T\-19H423\-AK, LC5T\-19H423\-AJ, LC5T\-19H423\-AH, LC5T\-19H423\-AG, LC5T\-19H423\-AF, LC5T\-19H423\-AE

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain 2020\-2021 Lincoln Aviator vehicles.  The image processing module may be unable to provide video feed to the display, which could result in a loss of the backup camera image.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 111, "Rear Visibility."


## What can happen

A backup camera that displays a blank or distorted image reduces the driver's rear view, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will update the image processing module software with the latest level, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed May 21, 2021.  Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1\-866\-436\-7332.  Ford's number for this recall is 21C09.


## Notes

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.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Annual report 3, for 2025 quarter 2 to 2026 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-04\-12
- Vehicles in the campaign: 34952
- Reported remedied: 34694 \(99%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 1, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2020 LINCOLN AVIATOR](/makes/lincoln/aviator/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 LINCOLN AVIATOR](/makes/lincoln/aviator/2021/recalls.md)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [25N17](/bulletins/11030282.md), 2026-03-27, Other
- [23B49](/bulletins/10241964.md), 2023-09-07, Service bulletin
- [SSM 51338](/bulletins/10232400.md), 2023-03-04, Service bulletin
- [SSM 51248](/bulletins/10228866.md), 2023-01-05, Service bulletin
- [SSM 51169](/bulletins/10226727.md), 2022-11-29, Service bulletin
- [TSB 22\-2254](/bulletins/10214878.md), 2022-07-01, Service bulletin
- [SSM 49756](/bulletins/10191521.md), 2021-05-03, Service bulletin
- [SSM 49409](/bulletins/10184646.md), 2021-01-05, Service bulletin
- [TSB 20\-2301](/bulletins/10180340.md), 2020-10-01, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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