A double retirement campaign launched by Ford Motor Company affects more than 148,000 vehicles in the USAaccording to official documents released by the National Road Traffic Security Administration (NHTSA). The decision responds to two failures detected in vehicles of different models and years: a brake fluid filtration that compromises the ability to detention and a software error that can cause the engine to turn off in full driving. Correction measures will be made at no cost to owners.
The most widespread failure implies 123,611 units of the models F-150, Expedition y Lincoln Navigatormanufactured between 2017 y 2018that present a possible Fugue in the brake master cylinder. This filtration can transfer the liquid to booster and reduce the braking capacity on the front wheels. If the liquid tank falls below the minimum level, the system activates a sound alert, a message on the central screen of the vehicle and ignites the red brake witness. Even with warnings, a committed braking raises the risk of accident, according to the NHTSA In an official statement.
The second recall covers 24,655 Explorer units 2025that could experience a Restart of the Motor Train Control Module (PCM) during driving. This fault can interfere with the parking system, cause a engine off or, in particular conditions, cause a involuntary vehicle displacement If the hand brake is not activated. The NHTSA He warned that both defects – infers and software – increase the probabilities of collision in normal use conditions.
Vehicles involved in this campaign, identified as recall 25S37they were assembled in the plants of Dearborn, Kansas City y Kentucky Truck. The Ford Motor Company informed its concessionaires through an official circular that the seals of the master cylinder could present defects that allow the passage of brake fluid into the interior of the interior of the booster. When the system detects excessive loss, multiple warnings are activated, but if the liquid is not replenished in time, the front brakes may fail partially or totally. The brand indicates that the rear ones continue operations, although it does not guarantee safe arrest in emergency conditions.
-The dealers are not authorized to sell or deliver new vehicles affected by this retirement until the corresponding technical intervention has been carried out. Ford indicated that he will publish a complete newsletter with repair instructions during the second quarter of 2025. Meanwhile, any vehicle in inventory must remain immobilized. If a customer presents his vehicle before that period and is out of warranty, the dealers must contact the Ford Technical Support Office to define how to proceed.
The second call to review responds to a critical error in the software of the PCMwhich can force a system restart while the vehicle is moving. This unexpected restart can interfere with the parking mode or turn off the engine, which puts the driver at risk by loss of power o by eventual displacement of the vehicle arrested. According to the official letter of the NHTSAsent on April 16, 2025, the consequences of this fault vary, but they can all derive in accidents if there is a combination of conditions such as dense traffic, slope or emergency maneuvers.
The owners will begin to receive letters notifying the situation from the May 26although they can already consult if their unit is included by entering the vehicular identification number (vin) on the website of Ford or by application Ford pass. Repairs will also be free and will include the update of the PCM software to prevent unexpected reset.
According to the official information disseminated by the NHTSAthese are the models and periods of production involved in the retirement for failures in the brake system:
- Ford F-150 2017
- Dearborn Truck Plant: February 1 – June 30, 2017
- Kansas City Plant: February 1 – June 30, 2017
- Ford F-150 2018
- Dearborn Truck Plant: March 29 – June 10, 2017
- Kansas City Plant: February 1 – May 19, 2017
- Ford Expedition 2017
- Kentucky Truck Plant: February 1 – June 30, 2017
- Ford Expedition 2018
- Kentucky Truck Plant: March 14 – June 28, 2017
- Lincoln Navigator 2017
- Kentucky Truck Plant: February 1 – June 30, 2017
- Lincoln Navigator 2018
- Kentucky Truck Plant: March 16 – June 28, 2017
