{"source":"nhtsa","country":"us","campaign":"24V443000","date":"2024-06-14","owner_notified":"2024-06-26","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BODY CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BACK UP LIGHTS","summary":"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.","consequence":"Disabled reverse lights cannot alert others that the vehicle is reversing, increasing the risk of a crash.","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.","mfr_campaign":"24S38","part_number":"MU5T-14C184-XXX","units":159,"completion":{"kind":"quarterly","report_number":8,"period_from":"2026-1","period_to":"2026-1","submitted":"2026-04-20","involved":159,"remedied":137,"unreachable":0,"removed":0,"remedied_percent":86,"as_of":"2026-10-19"},"do_not_drive":false,"park_outside":false,"notification":null,"french":null,"vehicles":[{"year":2021,"make":"FORD","model":"F-150","vehicle_id":"2021_ford_f-150","match":"exact","built_from":"2021-05-20","built_to":"2021-12-10"}],"may_apply":true,"as_of":"2026-10-19","lookup":{"nhtsa":"https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls","tc":"https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng","maker":null},"attribution":[],"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/24V443000"}