Recall · 25V316000
Ford Motor recalled 2 models over structure
206
Vehicles covered
2
Models
2
Model years
May 9, 2025
Filed with NHTSA
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2025 Explorer and Aviator vehicles. A mounting bolt for the front subframe may have been tightened improperly.
- What it can cause
- A loose subframe bolt may reduce the vehicle's performance in a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and tighten the subframe bolts as necessary, free of charge. Owners may contact Ford Customer Service at 1-866-436-7332. Owner notification letters were mailed May 21, 2025. Ford's number for this recall is 25S43.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 888-327-4236 (TTY 888-275-9171) 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 206 vehicles this is a small campaign: 60% 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 structure 36 times before this, most recently in January 2024 as 24V031000. 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, 15 of them before this campaign was filed. 7 of those name the structure, 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 May 9, 2025 as campaign 25V316000. 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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