# NHTSA recall 21V592000

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: 21V592000
- Manufacturer's number: 21C18
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2021\-07\-30
- Owners notified: 2021\-12\-30
- Component: SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
- Units potentially affected: 42493
- Part numbers: LK41\-1461294\-A/B/D/E, KT1B\-1761294\-A

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain 2021\-2022 Transit and 2021 Transit Connect vehicles.  The front passenger seat belt automatic locking retractor \(ALR\) may deactivate early, which can prevent the child restraint system from securing properly.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."


## What can happen

An unsecured child restraint system can increase the risk of injury during a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will inspect the front passenger seat belt assembly, and replace the assembly as necessary, free of charge.  Interim owner notification letters were mailed on September 14, 2021.  Owner notification letters were mailed on December 30, 2021.  Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1\-866\-436\-7332.  Ford's number for this recall is 21C18.


## 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.nhtsa.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Annual report 2, for 2024 quarter 4 to 2025 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2025\-10\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 42493
- Reported remedied: 28360 \(66%\)
- Reported unreachable: 610
- Reported removed: 13

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 quarter 3, 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

- [2021 FORD TRANSIT](/makes/ford/transit/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 FORD TRANSIT](/makes/ford/transit/2022/recalls.md)
- [2021 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT](/makes/ford/transit-connect/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.

- [SSM 51907](/bulletins/10243481.md), 2023-10-04, Service bulletin
- [SSM 50874](/bulletins/10214830.md), 2022-06-30, Service bulletin
- [SSM 50236](/bulletins/10202795.md), 2021-11-02, 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)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/21V592000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/21V592000)

[Report an error on this page](https://github.com/wenmar-pro/wenmar-open/issues/new?template=data_correction.yml&title=Data%20correction%3A%20NHTSA%20recall%2021V592000&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Frecalls%2Fnhtsa%2F21V592000&vehicle=NHTSA%20recall%2021V592000)