Overview
- Two new NHTSA-filed campaigns cover about 1.74 million vehicles for rear-visibility faults: APIM overheating that can blank the camera on 2021–2026 Broncos and 2021–2024 Edges, and flipped or inverted images on 2020–2022 Escapes and Corsairs plus 2020–2024 Aviators and Explorers.
- Bronco and Edge owners will receive a free software update via dealer visit or over the air with notifications expected at the end of March, while a remedy for the inversion defect is still in development with interim letters due in April and a fix targeted for the second quarter of 2026.
- Parallel recalls raise the current wave to roughly 2.36 million vehicles, including 604,533 SUVs for windshield wiper motor failures, as well as smaller campaigns for heavy-duty truck driveshaft welds, seat-control software on the Lincoln Navigator, and backup-alarm connectors on E‑Series vans.
- Separate notices published March 3 cover 83,576 additional vehicles for headlight ‘Dynamic Bending Light’ software that can mis-aim beams and for an exhaust gas recirculation valve fault that could cause a loss of drive power, with Explorer software updates starting March 23 and other fixes anticipated in September.
- NHTSA warns the defects increase crash risk, though Ford and regulators report no known crashes or injuries for the rear-visibility issues to date; owners can check VIN-specific status on NHTSA.gov or Ford’s recall lookup.