# NHTSA recall 21V982000

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: 21V982000
- Manufacturer's number: 21S52
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2021\-12\-16
- Owners notified: 2022\-01\-21
- Component: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: SENSING SYSTEM: RADAR; FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
- Units potentially affected: 839
- Part numbers: M2DT\-9G768\-AC

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain 2021 Ranger and Bronco vehicles.  The cruise control radar module was misaligned during production.


## What can happen

A misaligned radar module may prevent the vehicle from maintaining a safe distance from other vehicles when adaptive cruise control is active.  In addition, the automatic emergency braking \(AEB\) system may react slowly, or not react at all, during a pre\-collision assist braking event.  Any of these scenarios can increase the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will adjust the angle of the cruise control radar module, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed January 21, 2022.  Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1\-866\-436\-7332.  Ford's number for this recall is 21S52.


## 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: 839
- Reported remedied: 686 \(81%\)
- Reported unreachable: 1
- Reported removed: 0

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

- [2021 FORD BRONCO](/makes/ford/bronco/2021/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.

- [SSM 54720](/bulletins/11031263.md), 2026-04-10, Service bulletin
- [25N17](/bulletins/11030282.md), 2026-03-27, Other
- [SSM 54313](/bulletins/11024526.md), 2025-10-28, Service bulletin
- [SU4 P3 Bronco](/bulletins/10241993.md), 2023-09-07, Service bulletin
- [SSM 51863](/bulletins/10241594.md), 2023-09-02, Service bulletin
- [OTASYNCLCReDBron](/bulletins/10240463.md), 2023-08-04, Service bulletin
- [SSM 51673](/bulletins/10237580.md), 2023-06-08, Service bulletin
- [TSB 23\-2154](/bulletins/10236575.md), 2023-05-23, Service bulletin
- [SSM 51407](/bulletins/10233656.md), 2023-04-04, Service bulletin
- [TSB 23\-2105](/bulletins/10233599.md), 2023-04-04, 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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