Recall · 25V020000
Ford Motor recalled 2 models over power train
259
Vehicles covered
2
Models
2
Model years
January 17, 2025
Filed with NHTSA
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2025 Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator vehicles. The transmission may be improperly secured due to loose cross member bolts.
- What it can cause
- An improperly secured transmission can result in a loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and replace the transmission cross member bolts as necessary, free of charge. If the cross member bolts are missing, dealers will replace the cross member and install new bolts, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 29, 2025. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 25S03.
- 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 .
How this campaign compares
At 259 vehicles this is a small campaign: 57% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2025, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2025, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Ford vehicles have been recalled over the power train 108 times before this, most recently in October 2024 as 24V805000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 2 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 109 complaints with NHTSA, 5 of them before this campaign was filed. 16 of those name the power train, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 20 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V451000 (seats), 26V343000 (engine and engine cooling), 26V165000 (back over prevention), 26V159000 (seat belts).
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 January 17, 2025 as campaign 25V020000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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