2021 Ford F-450 SD
Model year 2021: every recall NHTSA’s file names for it, the complaints owners made to NHTSA, and its crash ratings.
- NHTSA: don’t drive it or park it outside, for one of its recalls
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The short answer
From NHTSA’s files, copied Oct 28, 2026.
- 12 recalls naming it in NHTSA’s file (needs attention)
- Don’t drive it or park it outside: NHTSA’s advice, for one of its recalls (needs attention)
- 18 owner complaints to NHTSA
- Not rated in NHTSA’s crash tests
A recall covers the vehicles it names, by build date where NHTSA gives one. Your VIN says which are open on yours.
Is your vehicle in one of these recalls?
No public file says which recalls are still open on one vehicle. NHTSA’s lookup does, from its VIN.
The VIN goes to NHTSA, never to Hearth Record.
What recalls name it?
12 recalls for the 2021 Ford F-450 SD in NHTSA’s file, newest first. Each covers the vehicles it names; your VIN says if yours is one.
NHTSA advises some owners not to drive it, or to park it outside: see below.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
Mar 17, 2026. Fuel system, diesel: delivery: fuel pump
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NHTSA campaign
26V-158
Oct 10, 2025. Back over prevention: software
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NHTSA campaign
25V-686
Sep 19, 2025. Steering: column
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NHTSA campaign
25V-626
Jul 7, 2025. Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
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NHTSA campaign
25V-455
Jan 31, 2025. Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
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NHTSA campaign
25V-048
Dec 20, 2024. Fuel system, diesel: delivery: fuel pump
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NHTSA campaign
24V-957
Jun 9, 2023. Equipment: other: owners/service/other manual
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NHTSA campaign
23V-420
Apr 14, 2022. Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: linkages
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NHTSA campaign
22V-250
Jan 14, 2022. Fuel system, diesel
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NHTSA campaign
22V-013
May 25, 2021. Power train: axle hubs
May 24, 2021. Trailer hitches: fifth wheel assembly
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NHTSA campaign
21V-379
Feb 18, 2021. Visibility: windshield: critical fasteners; visibility: windshield
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NHTSA campaign
21V-090
What have owners told NHTSA?
18 complaints to NHTSA, received from Mar 11, 2021 to Sep 16, 2026.
- None told of a crash, and 1 complaint of a fire.
- None reports anyone injured or killed.
- Complaints are owners’ own reports, not findings: NHTSA reads them to decide what to look into. Only their counts are kept here; no complaint’s words or owner are read.
NHTSA, Owner complaints flat files. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
How did it do in crash tests?
NHTSA hasn’t rated the 2021 Ford F-450 SD in its 5-Star Safety Ratings. That says nothing about how it would do.
NHTSA, 5-Star Safety Ratings. Released Aug 7, 2026. Updated monthly.
What the record doesn’t say
- Which recalls are still open on one vehicle: only NHTSA’s lookup, with its VIN, says that.
- How serious each complaint was, or whether it was confirmed: complaints aren’t findings.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Owner complaints flat files.
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 5-Star Safety Ratings.
Released Aug 7, 2026 and checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 28, 2026.