- Ford has issued three new recalls involving popular trucks and SUVs.
- The campaigns involve fuel pumps, rearview cameras, and seat belts.
- A previously botched repair sends 7,105 vehicles back to dealerships.
Ford’s quality woes continue as the automaker has issued three new recalls impacting over 262,300 vehicles. This brings the automaker up to 24 recalls, which is three times as many as General Motors or more than Stellantis, Kia, Nissan, Volkswagen, and Volvo combined.
The largest recall involves 254,640 vehicles including the 2022-2025 Lincoln Navigator, 2024-2025 Lincoln Nautilus, and 2025 Lincoln Aviator and Ford Explorer. They have an image processing module that may unexpectedly reset, which results in a loss of a rearview camera image as well as driver assistance systems such as pre-collision assist, lane-keeping assist, and blind-spot monitoring.
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Ford became aware of the problem last year and investigated, but determined the “issue did not pose an unreasonable risk to motor vehicle safety due to the entry conditions requiring multiple resets in a drive cycle.” However, the automaker continued discussing the issue with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and eventually decided to conduct a recall.
According to the federal agency, the image processing module may experience a “computational overload when tracking a high volume of moving objects in dense vehicle and pedestrian traffic environments.” This triggers a reset and “multiple module resets occurring over multiple ignition cycles can lead to a persistent loss of functionality.”
To address the problem, Ford will update the module’s software. This can be done by dealers or through an over-the-air update.
Fuel Pump Failures
The second recall is actually a second recall as 7,105 vehicles were incorrectly repaired as part of a previous campaign. The issue involves fuel pump failures in a number of F-Series vehicles including the 2020-2022 F-250, F-350, F-450, and F-550 as well as the 2021-2022 F-600, and the 2022 F-750.
The original recall involved 295,449 vehicles and was related to biodiesel deposits that could form on pump drivetrain roller components and result in failure of the high pressure fuel pump. To address the issue, dealers were supposed to update the powertrain control module to “increase pump cooling and prevent formation of aged biodiesel deposits.”
However, thousands of trucks updated before February 2, 2026 didn’t get the right software. As a result, owners will need to go back to the dealership to get the software updated again.
Anchor’s Away
The third and final recall involves 561 Ford Explorers and Lincoln Aviators from the 2020-2026 model years. They have outer second-row seat belt anchor bolts that may not be properly secured.
This appears to be the result of a mistake followed by a botched repair. Details are hazy, but the safety recall report says “vehicles were sent to in-plant repair stations for inspection/repair of rear seat belt lower anchor bolt.” Despite this, the bolts still weren’t properly secured.
The automaker is aware of three reports related to the issue and dealers will inspect, secure, or replace the bolts as necessary.
