# NHTSA recall 21V765000

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: 21V765000
- Manufacturer's number: 21C24
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2021\-09\-30
- Owners notified: 2022\-03\-17
- Component: CHILD SEAT:VEHICLE LATCH ANCHOR; SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY
- Units potentially affected: 37625
- Part numbers: KB3B\-21466B00\-A, MB3Z\-21611A08\-AA, MB3Z\-21611A08\-DB, MB3Z\-21611A08\-DA, MB3Z\-21611A08\-BA, MB3Z\-21611A08\-CB, MB3Z\-21611A08\-CA

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain 2020\-2021 Ranger Super Cab vehicles equipped with rear seats containing fixed head restraints.  The fixed head restraints may interfere with proper installation of certain types of child seats.  Additionally, the child seat may not attach properly to the lower\-rear anchors.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 225, "Child Restraint Anchorage System."


## What can happen

An improperly attached child seat can increase the risk of injury in a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will inspect the rear\-lower child restraint anchorages for correct alignment and adjust as necessary.  Separately, dealers will replace the non\-removable head restraints with removable head restraints, free of charge.  Interim owner notification letters were mailed on November 5, 2021.  Owner notification letters were mailed on March 17, 2022.  Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1\-866\-436\-7332.  Ford's number for this recall is 21C24.


## 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 2025 quarter 1 to 2025 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-01\-13
- Vehicles in the campaign: 37625
- Reported remedied: 21183 \(56%\)
- Reported unreachable: 225
- Reported removed: 11

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 quarter 4, 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 FORD RANGER](/makes/ford/ranger/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 FORD RANGER](/makes/ford/ranger/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.

- [TSB 23\-2062](/bulletins/10233585.md), 2023-04-04, Service bulletin
- [TSB 22\-2104](/bulletins/10209209.md), 2022-03-22, Service bulletin
- [SSM 50502](/bulletins/10208146.md), 2022-02-23, Service bulletin
- [TSB 21\-2236](/bulletins/10199536.md), 2021-08-02, Service bulletin
- [TSB 21\-2036](/bulletins/10187832.md), 2021-03-02, Service bulletin
- [TSB 20\-2218](/bulletins/10180338.md), 2020-10-01, Service bulletin
- [TSB 20\-2171](/bulletins/10175895.md), 2020-06-05, 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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