- Ford is recalling over 227,000 vehicles for various quality and safety issues.
- More than 163,000 Broncos need their front seats inspected and resecured.
- Nearly 59,000 Explorers and Lincolns may have bubbles in windshield glass.
You know that tightening feeling you get in your stomach when a letter, obviously from a governmental department, lands on your doormat and you convince yourself it’s either a traffic fine or a demand for more taxes?
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Just imagine how stressful a visit from the postman must be if you’re a maniacal red-light jumper, terrible bookkeeper and a Ford owner dreading yet another letter telling you need to waste a morning sitting around your local service center.
Owners of multiple Ford and Lincoln vehicles can expect one of those letters in the coming months after the automaker revealed it is recalling 227,006 cars, vans and SUVs due to a variety of problems – none of which are simple OTA software fixes.
The lion’s share,163,000 to be precise, of the affected models are Ford Broncos built between September 2020 and November 2022 for the 2021-23 model years.
Ford found that one of the seat frame height adjustment pivot bolts might become loose and even fall out, which could cause a squeak or rattle, but more worryingly, might reduce accident protection.
A Snowflake Problem
Next up are the latest Ford Explorer and Lincoln Corsair and Aviator, each of them built for the 2025-26 model years. Almost 48,000 Explorers, 5,300 Corsairs and over 3,900 Aviators could have bubbles in the laminate layer of their windshield glass.
The problem was traced to a lack of de-airing during the lamination process that causes a snowflake effect.
The SUVs will have their windshields inspected and replaced if necessary, though Ford thinks that in 85 percent of cases the snowflakes appear within three months, and 50 percent are picked up during a PDI, so the incident rate will be low.
And lastly, 6,900 examples of Ford’s 2026 Econoline van are being recalled over worries about inoperative defrosting systems that could cause even bigger windshield visibility problems.
These latest recalls come off the back of Ford recalling 175,000 Ford and Lincoln trucks and SUVs over wind deflectors that are at risk of breaking free. And you can be sure we won’t get through November without the announcement of more Blue Oval campaigns.
