# NHTSA recall 24V443000

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: 24V443000
- Manufacturer's number: 24S38
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2024\-06\-14
- Owners notified: 2024\-06\-26
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BODY CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BACK UP LIGHTS
- Units potentially affected: 159
- Part numbers: MU5T\-14C184\-XXX

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain 2021 F\-150 vehicles equipped with the Onboard Scales feature.  An over\-the\-air software update to the body control module \(BCM\) may have disabled both reverse lights.


## What can happen

Disabled reverse lights cannot alert others that the vehicle is reversing, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will update the body control module software, free of charge.  Owner notification letters are were mailed June 26, 2024.   Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1\-866\-436\-7332.  Ford's number for this recall is 24S38.


## 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: Quarterly report 8, for 2026 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-04\-20
- Vehicles in the campaign: 159
- Reported remedied: 137 \(86%\)
- 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

- [2021 FORD F\-150](/makes/ford/f-150/2021/recalls.md). Built 2021\-05\-20 to 2021\-12\-10.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [23H07](/bulletins/10246075.md), 2023-12-05, Service bulletin
- [TSB 23\-2240](/bulletins/10240572.md), 2023-08-10, Service bulletin
- [SSM 51759](/bulletins/10238450.md), 2023-07-03, Service bulletin
- [TSB 22\-2497](/bulletins/10228836.md), 2023-01-05, Service bulletin
- [TSB 22\-2429](/bulletins/10226936.md), 2022-12-02, Service bulletin
- [SSM 51160](/bulletins/10225440.md), 2022-10-31, Service bulletin
- [SSM 50226](/bulletins/10202846.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)

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