# NHTSA recall 25V541000

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: 25V541000
- Manufacturer's number: 25C41
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2025\-08\-22
- Owners notified: 2025\-09\-26
- Component: AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN
- Units potentially affected: 100900
- Part numbers: N1WB\-E042D95\-BD, N1WB\-E042D94\-BD

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain 2024\-2026 Ranger vehicles. The side curtain air bags may contact the B\-Pillar inner reinforcements and tear during deployment. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 226, "Ejection Mitigation."


## What can happen

Air bags that deploy improperly during a crash increase the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Dealers will install protective shields, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 26, 2025. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1\-866\-436\-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 25C41.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 4, for 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-17
- Vehicles in the campaign: 100900
- Reported remedied: 64582 \(64%\)
- Reported unreachable: 2365
- Reported removed: 8

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 2, 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

- [2024 FORD RANGER](/makes/ford/ranger/2024/recalls.md)
- [2025 FORD RANGER](/makes/ford/ranger/2025/recalls.md)
- [2026 FORD RANGER](/makes/ford/ranger/2026/recalls.md)

## 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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