Ford Announces Three Safety Recalls, For Mustang, Expedition, Navigator And More

Ford is calling owners of 41,955 vehicles in North America, in three separate safety campaigns that cover the Expedition, Mustang, Transit Connect and Lincoln Navigator.

The 1st recall

This action affects certain 2020 Expedition and 2020 Navigator SUVs, which are equipped with defective Pre-Collision Assist safety gear. The system may not detect or reduce the risk of severity of a frontal collision and could actually increase the risk of a crash and injury if the driver relies on it.

The automaker is unaware of any reports of accidents or injuries related to this condition that affects a total of 25,081 units in the United States and federalized territories and 1,106 in Canada. The Expeditions were built between April 16, 2019, and March 20, 2020, and the Navigators from July 15, 2019, to March 19, 2020.

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Dealers will reprogram the body control module, ABS, instrument panel cluster and headlight control modules with a new software and will reset the tire pressure monitoring system.

The 2nd recall

Counting 10,460 vehicles in the U.S. and federalized territories, 158 in Canada and 17 in Mexico, the second recall is for the 2019-2020 Mustang, built at Flat Rock from April 26 to October 10, 2019, and 2019 Expedition made at Kentucky between October 16, 2018, and October 13, 2019.

The Dearborn company said that in these vehicles, the warning message and chime that tell the driver that the transmission is not in park, when the engine is turned off and the door is closed, is only active for three seconds. The chime should remain active for 10 seconds and the warning message should display for 30 minutes.

Due to this issue, the driver may be unaware that the transmission is not in park and could exit the car, leading to unintended vehicle movement that increases the risk of injury and/or crash. Technicians will reprogram the instrument panel cluster to get rid of this problem.

And the 3rd recall action

The third and last recall affects 5,088 units of the 2014-2017 Transit Connect in the U.S. and federalized territories and 45 in Canada. All of them were built at Valencia from July 17, 2014, to October 1, 2016, and are equipped with the panoramic vista roof that has an improper bond between it and the body.

Most of the time, this results in increased wind noise and water leaks, but in more extreme cases, it could completely separate from the vehicle. Ford is unaware of accidents or injuries tied to this issue that will be fixed by cleaning and reinstalling the panoramic glass roof in the affected cars.