Ford Recalls Nearly 1.5 Million More Vehicles

by Tim Healey

Published: October 22nd, 2025

ford recalls nearly 1 5 million more vehicles

Ford has recalled another 1.5 million vehicles.

This recall is for rearview cameras. A malfunction may result in distorted, blank, or intermittent images when the vehicle is in reverse.

Affected vehicles include the Ford Explorer, Escape, Mustang, Flex, and Fiesta. Some Lincoln models are affected, too.

Ford dealers will inspect the the rearview camera and replace if necessary.

It's unclear if this is part of the recall we reported on last week.

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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SCE to AUX on Oct 23, 2025
Even Ford has limited resources, so I wonder how much manpower is being spent on recalls that would otherwise go into new product development or other support work. This is a tradeoff every company makes.

Every single recall requires:
1. Gathering of facts.
2. Evaluation - is there an actual problem, or just a few one-offs?
3. Replication under controlled conditions, if possible.
4. Scope determination - how many vehicles are affected?
5. Safety concerns - consult with the lawyers.
6. Engineering - documentation of test results and improved designs.
7. Suppliers - activating them for a short run of replacement parts.
8. Dealers - communicating with, and training them on the fix.
9. Regulators - notifying and documenting the issue and changes.
10. Public/Consumers - managing thousands/millions of buyers who need info.
I haven't worked in automotive, but in the commercial/industrial and medical device world. Every concern about product in the field meant going through this process, and it's extremely time-consuming and costly. Imagine trying to do this for dozens of recalls simultaneously.

The old saying applies - "we don't have time to get it right now, but we will later".
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Verbal on Oct 23, 2025

The backup camera in my car just shows movies of people getting run over. Useless.

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