Recall · 25V344000
Ford Motor recalled 3 models over engine and engine cooling
156
Vehicles covered
3
Models
3
Model years
June 13, 2025
Filed with NHTSA
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:HARD PARTS INTERNAL/MECHANICAL
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2025 Transit, F-150, and Explorer vehicles. The connecting rod and rod bearing components may have manufacturing defects that can lead to engine damage and engine failure.
- What it can cause
- A damaged engine can result in engine failure and a stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect the connecting rods and replace the engine long block assembly as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 15, 2025. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 25S55.
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 156 vehicles this is a small campaign: 64% 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 engine and engine cooling 33 times before this, most recently in March 2025 as 25V198000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 2 of the 3 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 197 complaints with NHTSA, 14 of them before this campaign was filed. 1 of those name the engine and engine cooling, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 32 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V578000 (fuel system, gasoline), 26V451000 (seats), 26V343000 (engine and engine cooling), 26V165000 (back over prevention).
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 June 13, 2025 as campaign 25V344000. 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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