Recall · 24V852000
Ford Motor recalled 7 models over equipment
27,678
Vehicles covered
7
Models
43
Model years
November 8, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2020-2025 Explorer, Lincoln Aviator, 2020-2024 Escape, Lincoln Corsair, 2018-2024 F-150, Expedition and Lincoln Navigator vehicles. The air bag warning label may be missing from the dashboard. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirement Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
- What it can cause
- Without a label that shows the proper restraint usage guidelines, the occupants may have an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Ford will mail owners the warning labels, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 19, 2024. Owners may call Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 24C39.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153) or go to nhtsa.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| FordEscape | 2020 to 2024 | 20202021202220232024 |
| FordExpedition | 2018 to 2024 | 2018201920202021202220232024 |
| FordExplorer | 2020 to 2025 | 202020212022202320242025 |
| FordF-150 | 2018 to 2024 | 2018201920202021202220232024 |
| LincolnAviator | 2020 to 2025 | 20202021202220232025 |
| LincolnCorsair | 2020 to 2024 | 20202021202220232024 |
| LincolnNavigator | 2018 to 2024 | 201820192020202120222024 |
How this campaign compares
At 27,678 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 86% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2018 to 2025, so the oldest vehicles on it were 6 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Ford vehicles have been recalled over the equipment 55 times before this, most recently in August 2024 as 24V636000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 43 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 13,228 complaints with NHTSA, 6,734 of them before this campaign was filed. 78 of those name the equipment, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in December 2017, 6 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 172 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V578000 (fuel system, gasoline), 26V489000 (back over prevention), 26V451000 (seats), 26V402000 (power train).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Ford Motor Company with NHTSA on November 8, 2024 as campaign 24V852000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes . Data last checked 2024-11-08.
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