After a brief pause, Ford’s recall troubles have surged once again, marking yet another challenging chapter for the American automaker. The company has now announced four additional recalls, pushing its total to an astonishing 120 recall campaigns for the year — a figure that dwarfs General Motors’ total by roughly 100. This growing list highlights the difficult year Ford has had in managing product quality issues across a wide range of models.
The most significant of the latest recalls affects 332,778 Mustang models built between 2015 and 2017. This problem was originally detected by Transport Canada back in 2023 and is now being addressed in the United States. The recall primarily concerns vehicles sold or registered in cold-weather regions, including more than 20 states such as Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin, along with the District of Columbia. The issue stems from the front seat belt anchor pretensioner cables, which may corrode over time due to exposure to water and road salt. As these elements collect in the carpet and underlayment beneath the seats, they can cause rust and weakening of the cables. A damaged or corroded pretensioner could fail in a crash, increasing the risk of injury to occupants. Ford says dealers will remove affected carpeting and inspect the seat belt assemblies, replacing them if needed. However, a permanent fix is not expected until January 2026 — more than a year away.
The second major recall concerns 291,901 Super Duty trucks, specifically the F-250, F-350, and F-450 models built between 2020 and 2022. These vehicles are equipped with a 360-degree camera system that may fail to display a proper rearview image in certain lighting conditions. Government investigators discovered that extreme variations in light exposure between the cameras could lead to inaccurate image processing, resulting in “severely underexposed or overexposed” composite views on the display screen. To remedy this, Ford plans to release a software update for the image processing module. Unfortunately, that update isn’t expected to be available until March 2026, leaving owners waiting several months for a fix.
The third recall, though smaller in scale, involves nine units of the 2025 Ford Bronco and Ranger. In these cases, the windshields may not have been properly bonded to the frame because factory workers reportedly failed to remove the paint masking tape during final assembly. This tape created a weak seal between the windshield and frame, posing a risk that the glass could detach in an accident. Ford became aware of the issue when a customer noticed a piece of tape protruding from their truck’s windshield. Dealers will now remove the affected windshields, clean off any remaining tape, and reinstall the glass properly.
Lastly, Ford has issued another recall related to the Mustang — this time involving just three cars built between 2021 and 2023. This situation is a follow-up to an earlier recall that wasn’t completed correctly. The dealership tools used for software updates had failed to load the proper configuration to the Body Control Module. As a result, the system could not perform brake fluid sensor diagnostics, meaning drivers would not receive a warning for low brake fluid levels. Those vehicles will need to return to dealerships once more for a proper software reinstallation — hopefully, the correct one this time.
Taken together, these four recalls underscore Ford’s ongoing quality control challenges. With more than a hundred recall campaigns in 2025 alone, the company faces mounting pressure to address manufacturing inconsistencies and restore customer confidence in its vehicles.