Ford Issues Three Recalls In A Single Day

Ford continues to be plagued by problems as 2025 draws to a close, with three new recalls being issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in a single day. The first affects the 2017-2019 Ford Flex, after the NHTSA's investigation into detaching B-pillar door trim has now graduated into a recall that potentially affects 64,938 vehicles. This is perhaps the least serious of the three recalls, and as always, customers won't be charged when dealers inspect and repair or replace the driver and passenger door trims as necessary. However, owners have a long wait ahead, as notification letters are only expected to go out on 8 December, and a remedy is not yet ready. The other two recalls affect considerably newer vehicles.

Ford SUVs May Have Faulty Windshields

The next recall concerns the 2025-2026 Lincoln Corsair and Lincoln Aviator, as well as Ford Explorer SUVs from the same model years, and this is for visible windshield bubbles that may obscure the driver's view, causing the vehicles to be non-compliant with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 205 (Glazing Materials) and potentially resulting in a crash. 56,841 vehicles are covered by the recall.

For the record, the glass itself is not a problem, but the laminate layer may be, resulting in what the recall documents call snowflaking. Dealers have already been notified, and owners can expect to be notified of a remedy (the replacement of the glass) on November 7.

F-150 Lightning Owners: Watch Your Back

The third and final recall affects 2022-2023 versions of the all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning after the Blue Oval learned that a previous recall (23V418) for a potentially inoperative rear lightbar was ineffective. Fortunately, this is not related to an earlier recall over a brake defect; the problem here was attributed to microcracks in the outer lens that may allow moisture to accumulate, which could eventually cause the reverse lights to either flicker or stop working altogether. The solution here is to fit a new rear lightbar assembly kit, which includes the lightbar itself and six plastic pushpins. Again, dealers are already aware of the problem, and owners will be notified on November 7, but their wait for a remedy is much longer, with Ford only expecting to be ready to notify owners of a fix near the end of Q1 2026 (March 23-27). By the time July arrived, Ford had already issued more recalls than any other automaker ever has in a single year, and when the final count comes in, that unwanted record is going to be nearly impossible to beat. Hopefully, 2026 will mark a turning point.