Recall Alert: 2020-2026 Ford Explorer, Lincoln Aviator
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TTAC Staff
Published: March 24th, 2026
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Today's recall involves a handful of 2020-2026 Ford Explorers and Lincoln Aviators.
Ford is recalling 561 examples of the 2020–2026 Explorer and Lincoln Aviator due to improperly secured seat belt anchor bolts in the second-row outer seats. Dealers will inspect the bolts and repair or replace them as needed at no cost. Owner notification letters are scheduled to be mailed on March 23, 2026, and affected VINs have been searchable on NHTSA’s website since March 19.
Disclosure: This article was partially written by AI and edited by a human staffer.
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I remember working with my dad on the family car and 'we' needed to remove the rear seatbelts and 'we' had to make a trip to the store to buy the correct Torx bit. They were fairly new at the time.
Now I have a whole set. But I ordered it on the internet and it was delivered to my front door. That saves me on gasoline. You couldn't do that back then. (The 70s were bad.)
So if I had a Ford and they told me the rear seat belt bolts weren't tightened properly, I would probably go tighten them myself. I have some torque wrenches too, if I could find them, or find a torque spec.
I don't usually buy Fords anymore. My first and only Ford I bought from my dad for $600 back when the lady behind us was paying me $6 to mow her lawn even though her backyard was was a steep slope (the Vietnam veteran who lived a couple of doors down from her lost a toe mowing his lawn barefoot). My dad bought that car from his boss. He didn't buy any more Fords after that.
I had a commercial client who paid me $250 a month to mow 10 acres and they provided the tractor, which was a Ford. (Sometimes I think maybe I should get a Subaru to relive those days of engine refinement -- but that is unlikely.) The point is, don't feel too sorry for me, even though I walked to school and there were hills both ways.
My Colombian medium-roast whole bean coffee cost me $5.92 including all the tariffs and all the taxes and all the shipping and that was for 12 ounces, which will make more than one cup of coffee, I am told. The egg I had this morning came from my kid's chickens. I used 'rewards points' to pay for the coffee, if that matters. I am struggling to complain about inflation in this paragraph.
There is an interesting segment on the youtube where Jay Leno drives one of those new Tesla Semi trucks. Mr. Leno mentions gasoline prices in regard to his personal fleet a couple of times which I thought was interesting.
I checked in to see what is happening with the Strait of Hormuz but my gasoline tank is full right now.
Enjoy your day, if you can, in these hard times.
The Rolls-Royce Cullinan has a very similar recall on the rear seatbelts right now. Ford and Rolls-Royce are very similar, probably.
I own one share of Ford stock now. I plan to use the dividends to pay for gasoline.