Ford Begins August With Another Massive Safety Recall For Its Most Popular Vehicles
According to the filing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the issue lies with a faulty module in the electronic brake booster. When this malfunctions, whether during regular driving or while using an advanced driver assistance system like BlueCruise, affected vehicles may experience a loss of power brake assistance. The brakes will still presumably work with enough pressure applied (Ford has not warned owners not to drive affected vehicles), but stopping distances will be extended, thus increasing the risk of a crash. Fortunately, no injuries or incidents have been reported, and the brake module seems to reset after completing a sleep cycle when the vehicle is off. All affected vehicles are from the 2025 model year, though their production dates may extend as far back as late 2023. Fortunately, this is easy to fix, with an over-the-air update performed by either the customer or a dealer at no cost to the owner. Notification letters are expected to be mailed on the 25th of August, but if you'd rather check if your vehicle is covered now, trecall number 25S77 refers.
Related: Ford Recalls 23,000 Lincoln Aviators Over Dangerous Window Pinching Issue
According to the recall report, 7,104 Lincoln Navigator SUVs are affected, along with 20,552 Ford Rangers, 39,913 Ford Broncos, and 26,582 Ford Expedition SUVs. Ford's bread and butter, the F-150, is unsurprisingly the worst affected, with 217,969 examples mentioned. As is often the case with these small issues, only 1% of the 312,120 vehicles are estimated to have the defect, but still, it's a bad look when Ford continues to suffer issues with highly popular vehicles produced so recently. To be fair, Ford Authority reported back in 2022 that CEO Jim Farley said improving quality would take several years.
2025 Lincoln Navigator - November 9, 2023-June 9, 20252025 Ford Ranger - February 5, 2024-June 20, 20252025 Ford Bronco - May 31, 2024-June 17, 20252025 Ford Expedition - November 8, 2023-June 9,20252025 Ford F-150 - May 8, 2024-June 9, 2025
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