Ford Equipment: Labels

Ford is recalling about 326 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. A missing air bag warning label will not warn occupants about the risks of air bag deployment, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.

Campaign
25V271000
Manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Reported
23 April 2025
Vehicles
326
Built between
Apr 2025 – Apr 2025
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
7 May 2025
Repaired
91%
Unrepaired
28

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between April 2025 and April 2025. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2025 Ford F-150Built April 2025 to April 2025

Repair progress

28 of 326 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q2 2026.

91% repaired — 297 of 326 reported

Owners not reachable
1

Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.

What the defect is

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2025 F-150 vehicles. The air bag warning label may be missing from the dashboard. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."

What could happen

A missing air bag warning label will not warn occupants about the risks of air bag deployment, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.

What gets fixed

Ford will mail owners the warning labels, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 7, 2025.

Parts involved

  • Airbag Warning Hang TagBU5A-13C361-BAAirbag Warning Hang Tag

Part numbers are as filed by the manufacturer and are listed for reference. Your dealer will confirm the correct part for your vehicle.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtApril 2025 to April 2025
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA23 April 2025
  3. Owners notified7 May 2025
  4. Latest repair reportQ2 2026 — 91% repaired

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 23 April 2025.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 25C12.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
25C12
Recalling manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Safety standard
FMVSS 208
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 888-327-4236 (TTY 888-275-9171) or go to nhtsa.gov.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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