NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Ford E-450 Recalls
The 2021 Ford E-450 has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 17, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 Ford E-450. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 27
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2021 Ford E-450, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2021 Ford E-450
Engine
- Campaign
- 25V793000
- Reported
- November 17, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,046
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Steering: hydraulic power assist: hose, piping, and connections
- Campaign
- 24V097000
- Reported
- February 9, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 16,543
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2022 E-450, 1 other model
Steering: hydraulic power assist: hose, piping, and connections
- Campaign
- 22V089000
- Reported
- February 16, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 44,219
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2022 E-450, 1 other model
Engine
- Campaign
- 20V795000
- Reported
- December 17, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 29,344
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
- Campaign
- 20V175000
- Reported
- March 23, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,871
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Power train: driveline: differential unit
- Campaign
- 20V099000
- Reported
- February 21, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 319
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2021 Ford E-450 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 27 owner complaints about the 2021 Ford E-450, the newest on January 6, 2026.
In complaints about the 2021 Ford E-450, the component group named most often is the steering (41%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (26%) and the engine (22%).
2 of the 2021 Ford E-450's 6 recalls also concern the steering.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering11
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic7
- Engine6
- Vehicle Speed Control6
- Service Brakes4
- Unknown Or Other4
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2021 Ford E-450 peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 9. 78% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2021 vehicles, the 2021 Ford E-450 drew 1.4× the complaints of the median Ford E-450 year in the same window: 1st highest of the 6 ranked years.
The 27 complaints about the 2021 Ford E-450 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford E-450 by model year
Other 2021 Ford models
Newest record on this page: January 6, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted