Recall · 25V236000
Ford Motor recalled 3 models over service brakes, hydraulic
123,611
Vehicles covered
3
Models
6
Model years
April 11, 2025
Filed with NHTSA
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2017-2018 F-150, Expedition, and Lincoln Navigator vehicles. The brake master cylinder may allow brake fluid to leak from the front wheel circuit into the brake booster.
- What it can cause
- A brake fluid leak can cause reduced brake function and extend the distance required to stop, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the brake master cylinder. If the master cylinder is leaking, the brake booster will also be replaced. Repairs will be performed free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 25, 2025. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 25S37. This recall is an expansion of NHTSA recall number 22V-150.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1- 888-275-9171) or go to www.safercar.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 123,611 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 93% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2017 to 2018, so the oldest vehicles on it were 8 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Ford vehicles have been recalled over the service brakes, hydraulic 44 times before this, most recently in February 2025 as 25V124000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 6 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 4,510 complaints with NHTSA, 3,189 of them before this campaign was filed. 86 of those name the service brakes, hydraulic, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in August 2016, 8 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 20 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V402000 (power train), 26V375000 (power train), 26V373000 (exterior lighting), 26V370000 (electrical system).
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 April 11, 2025 as campaign 25V236000. 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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