We’re only a few weeks into spring, and Ford already has a truckload of recollects within the US for 2025. From January 1 by means of April 18, the automaker has posted a minimum of 40 recollects. That features a brake recall for 123,611 F-150s, Expeditions, and Lincoln Navigators we coated yesterday. At this charge, Ford is averaging one recall each 2.7 days. However within the grand scheme, the automaker is definitely doing higher in comparison with final 12 months.

That is as a result of the overall variety of recalled autos is down by a big margin. Particularly, 1,235,256 Fords have been recalled this 12 months. That is practically 1 million much less in comparison with the identical interval in 2024.

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Perusing Ford recollects posted on the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration (NHTSA), nearly half have an effect on lower than 1,000 autos every. Going additional down the rabbit gap, 5 recollects are for lower than 100 autos. The bottom? Ford recalled two 2022 Mavericks on February 28 to appropriate a software program downside addressed by a earlier recall.

That brings us to a different caveat in Ford’s recall saga. Roughly half of the recollects are a part of an audit the firm introduced on March 20, targeted on car software program enhancements. Per Ford’s announcement:

“We’re conducting an audit of earlier recollects that included software program as a part of the treatment. The preliminary outcomes are encouraging: the overwhelming majority of recall repairs had been profitable, with the proper software program model put in on the related module. Whereas most of those recollects had been carried out accurately so far, now we have issued 18 recollects to double verify on sure autos.”  

A Ford spokesperson informed Motor1 that the quantity has risen to 21 since that March announcement.

That mentioned, the official recall rely nonetheless stands at 40. Even with 21 of these being a part of the audit, Ford nonetheless leads all different automakers for each complete variety of recollects and autos affected. Volkswagen has issued 12 recollects this 12 months, adopted by Normal Motors at 9. Honda and Stellantis have issued 8 every.

As for affected autos, Ford is the one automaker at present over 1 million. Tesla holds second with 661,810, simply over half of Ford’s complete. Volkswagen comes subsequent at 346,401, adopted by Toyota at 317,359 and Honda with 316,489 autos.