Recall · 25V442000
Ford Motor recalled 21 models over back over prevention
200,237
Vehicles covered
21
Models
64
Model years
June 27, 2025
Filed with NHTSA
BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2018-2022 Transit Connect, 2019-2020 MKZ, MKX, Edge, Continental, F-150, Nautilus, Fusion, 2019-2023 Ranger, Mustang, 2020-2021 EcoSport, Expedition, Navigator, 2020-2022 Escape, F-250 SD, Corsair, 2020-2023 Aviator, Transit, 2020-2024 Explorer, 2021-2024 Bronco Sport, and 2022-2024 Maverick vehicles. A software error may cause the rearview camera to display a blank image, or the image may remain on the display after the backing event has ended.
- What it can cause
- A rearview camera that displays a blank image can reduce the driver's view behind the vehicle. A rearview image that continues to be displayed after the vehicle is shifted out of reverse may distract the driver. Both of these situations can increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will update the rearview camera software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 4, 2025. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 25S72.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ford Bronco Sport | 2021 to 2024 | 2021202220232024 |
| Ford Ecosport | 2020 to 2021 | 20202021 |
| Ford Edge | 2019 to 2020 | 20192020 |
| Ford Escape | 2020 to 2022 | 202020212022 |
| Ford Expedition | 2020 to 2021 | 20202021 |
| Ford Explorer | 2020 to 2024 | 20202021202220232024 |
| Ford F-150 | 2019 to 2020 | 20192020 |
| Ford F-250 SD | 2020 to 2022 | 202020212022 |
| Ford Fusion | 2019 to 2020 | 20192020 |
| Ford Maverick | 2022 to 2024 | 202220232024 |
| Ford Mustang | 2019 to 2023 | 20192020202120222023 |
| Ford Ranger | 2019 to 2023 | 20192020202120222023 |
| Ford Transit | 2020 to 2023 | 2020202120222023 |
| Ford Transit Connect | 2018 to 2022 | 2018201920202021 |
| Lincoln Aviator | 2020 to 2023 | 2020202120222023 |
| Lincoln Continental | 2019 to 2020 | 2019 |
| Lincoln Corsair | 2020 to 2022 | 202020212022 |
| Lincoln MKX | 2019 to 2020 | Not published here |
| Lincoln MKZ | 2019 to 2020 | 2019 |
| Lincoln Nautilus | 2019 to 2020 | 20192020 |
| Lincoln Navigator | 2020 to 2021 | 20202021 |
How this campaign compares
At 200,237 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 95% of the 18,773 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 468. It covers model years 2018 to 2024, so the oldest vehicles on it were 7 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Ford vehicles have been recalled over the back over prevention 32 times before this, most recently in May 2025 as 25V273000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 61 of the 64 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 13,552 complaints with NHTSA, 8,055 of them before this campaign was filed. 550 of those name the back over prevention, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in September 2018, 6 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 207 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V451000 (seats), 26V402000 (power train), 26V377000 (lane departure), 26V373000 (exterior lighting).
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 27, 2025 as campaign 25V442000. 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 2025-06-27.
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