2025 will go down in history as a year of many significant events. But one of the major stories in the automotive world this year – aside from Trump administration tariffs and the impact Elon Musk’s extracurricular activities have had on Tesla – has been Ford Motor Company recalls. As of this writing, Ford has issued an incredible 90 safety recalls so far in 2025. The brand has issued five times as many recalls as Stellantis, next on the list with 18. Ford has broken the record for the number of recalls issued by an automaker in a calendar year already, and we’re only in mid-July.
To the company’s credit, some of its recalls have been low volume. And many of the issues this year have been resolved with simple low-cost software fixes. However, at least one of these recalls will be supremely expensive for Ford’s bottom line.
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Ford’s Fuel Injector Recall Will Cost The Company More Than $500 Million
Ford recently issued a recall for faulty fuel injectors that can crack. The recall affects Bronco Sport (model years 2021-2024) and Escape (model years 2020-2022) vehicles equipped with the turbocharged 1.5-liter engine, as well as Ford Kuga vehicles sold abroad. All total, approximately 700,000 vehicles are affected. Ford doesn’t have a specific remedy yet, but an SEC filing from Ford issued after the recall shows the company is anticipating a cost of $570 million for this one issue. That breaks down to just over $800 per vehicle.
The real kick in the groin for Ford is that this isn’t the first issue with bad injectors on these vehicles. A previous recall for leaking injectors was issued in 2022. Ford’s “fix” didn’t address the injectors, but instead updated engine software to detect potential leaking injectors and reduce fuel pressure while setting a check engine light. A drain system was also installed to funnel gas to the ground instead of a hot engine.

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It was a controversial fix that caught the attention of the NHTSA, which investigated Ford to determine the validity of this fix. That ultimately led to this new recall, though at this time it’s still unclear if Ford will actually replace faulty fuel injectors or develop another fix.
One thing is clear, though. Ford is burning through a significant amount of money dealing with recalls. CarBuzz contacted Ford to see if there’s an estimate for all recall-related expenses so far through 2025, but we’ve yet to get a response. We’ll update this post if new information becomes available, but it’s worth nothing that the $570 billion for this one recall would have wiped out nearly 10% of Ford’s net profit in 2024.
The Fuel Injector Recall Is Not The Biggest Ford Recall So Far This Year
Thus far, 16 of Ford’s 90 safety recalls have involved more than 100,000 vehicles. Earlier this month, Ford issued a fuel pressure pump recall affecting more than 850,000 vehicles. More than half the vehicles were F-150s built between July 2021 and July 2022. Other vehicles included the Ford Bronco, Ford Mustang, Ford Explorer, Ford Expedition, Lincoln Aviator, and Lincoln Navigator. Ford will notify owners when a fix is available.
In May, Ford issued a recall of nearly 1.1 million vehicles built between 2020 and 2024 for their backup cameras potentially freezing. Ford added another 200,000 vehicles built between 2018 and 2024 to that tally for the same issue. Resolving that issue should be relatively cost-effective. Owners need either an over-the-air or dealer-installed software update. Ford also recalled nearly half a million Explorers from the 2016 and 2017 model years due to body trim pieces that could potentially fall off. That’s not something a few lines of computer code will fix.
Sources: Ford, NHTSA
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