It's been a tough year for automakers, from the loss of federal tax credits causing a greater slump in EV sales to the challenge of tariffs raising prices for everything else, and Ford will be especially happy to see the back of 2025 after achieving the worst recall record in American automotive history - something it managed within the first six months of the year. At the time, it had amassed 89 recalls, and now, at the tail end of December, it's surpassed 150 recalls after five new issues were lodged with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in a single day, taking its tally to 152. So far...
Ford's Latest Recalls
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The first recall concerns 87 examples of the 2022-2024 Maverick Hybrid and 2020 Escape Hybrid, whose powertrain control module software may shift the vehicles into neutral unexpectedly, causing a loss of drive power. The automaker has also been forced to recall 6,897 2025-2026 Maverick pickups over an instrument panel cover that may separate when the airbag deploys, and it's recalled just two examples of the 2022 Transit for a rearview camera that may not work - an issue that has prompted the company to launch a secret owner retention program. Almost comically, 35 examples of the 2021-2022 Bronco were recalled after a previous recall failed to address a problem in which the rearview camera would continue to display after the driver had completed a reversing maneuver.
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The biggest recall on the day impacts 45,047 Mustang Mach-E EVs. Their light driver control modules may fail, preventing the entire headlight assembly from working. That means no turn signals, daytime running lights, low-beam headlights, or high-beam headlights.
A Variety of Issues Across the Ford Range
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Ford has been struck with numerous quality issues this year, from pickups and EVs that could roll away and faulty seatbelt retractor bolts to fuel injectors that could cause a fire and trim pieces that could fly off of tailgates. With the abovementioned Mustang Mach-E headlight problem, the automaker has now reached 152 recalls for the year, and we still have a week before 2025 comes to a close. If it gets just two more, it'll have doubled GM's previous record for the most recalls in a single calendar year (77). Ford is aware of its quality shortcomings and is implementing various changes to its quality control processes in a bid to make better vehicles, but don't expect a miraculous turn of events in 2026. Three years ago, Ford CEO Jim Farley said that it would take "several years" to improve overall quality, and many of the recent recalls we've covered have affected brand-new 2026 models.
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