No other automaker has as many recalls as Ford in 2025
Almost three years ago, Ford CEO Jim Farley said that fixing quality was his top priority for the Blue Oval. However, Farley also said at the time that doing so would “take several years,” and that appears to be an accurate assessment when looking at Ford’s shockingly high number of recalls so far this year.
In an analysis done by Carscoops, Ford has issued 81 recalls in 2025 so far. That’s more than the entire number of recalls (67) for the brand in 2024, when Ford was only behind Stellantis (72) for total recalls. At this rate, Ford will hit over 150 recalls by the time the year is done.
A Deeper Look At The Numbers
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Those 81 recalls have affected over four million vehicles, and Ford has issued a recall every 2.12 days so far in 2025, on average. For each recall, an average of over 50,000 vehicles are affected. Even worse, 80 of the 81 recalls this year required some kind of physical inspection or fix for the impacted vehicles, so the problems were such that they couldn’t be easily resolved via an over-the-air update.
Here’s just a few of the recalls issued by Ford in 2025:
- Rearview camera: 1.1 million vehicles affected
- Steering control issues: over 29,000 vehicles affected
- Braking failures: 2,345 vehicles affected
- Seat issues: over 300,000 vehicles affected
This isn’t an exhaustive list, and the combination of electronic, mechanical, and trim issues indicate that overall quality is a problem, not one specific aspect of Ford vehicles.
Data from CarEdge supports this latest analysis, too; by the middle of May, Ford had racked up 51 recalls. The next closest brand was the VW Group, with 14, so it’s not even close.
Camera And Electronics Cause The Most Headaches
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The rearview camera recall is the biggest one for Ford so far in 2025. It affects everything from the Escape crossover to high-end models like the Lincoln Navigator and Nautilus. The camera display image could freeze or display a delayed image, which could result in the driver not spotting an immediate hazard. Electrical systems accounted for 17 unique recall campaigns.
It’s worth pointing out that 14 of Ford’s recalls this year involved under 100 vehicles, so these were not as widespread. However, even if we exclude these 14 recalls, Ford is still having far more quality issues than any other automaker.
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Recalls can be issued at any time, and for vehicles of any age, so it’s worth noting that Ford’s current run of recalls are impacted by certain older models dating back to the 2020 model year. Looking at the latest J.D. Power 2025 Vehicle Dependability Study – which tracked the number of problems per brand for owners that have had their cars for three years – Ford doesn’t fare as badly. It registered 208 problems per 100 vehicles, just below the industry average but above brands like Subaru, Nissan, Mercedes-Benz, and Jeep.
Still, there is clearly a quality crisis at Ford, and even if not all Ford owners are left stranded at the side of the road, the recalls are disruptive to the overall ownership experience and some of them pose safety risks.
We hoped that the brand would have made more progress since Farley’s explicit admission that quality needed attention in 2022.
