Ford recalls over a half million vehicles, the 2025 Maverick is on the list

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More than 550,000 Ford vehicles were recalled due to airbag and structural issues that could increase the risk of crashes and injuries.

According to two notices reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on May 27, the recalls cover 556,043 cars with model years 2016, 2017 and 2025.

The first recall concerns 63,898 MY 2025 Ford Maverick vehicles. The affected cars may have an airbag indicator light that can become loose or dislodged, meaning occupants may not know whether the passenger airbag is on or off, thus increasing the risk of injury.

The second recall is of 492,146 Ford Explorers (2016-2017). The driver and front passenger B-pillar door trim, or the piece that covers the frame separating the front and backseat windows, may detach while driving. This can result in debris flying into the roadway, causing a hazard for drivers of these and other vehicles.

 

[SichuanHot]

Another quarter, another set of Ford quality issues propping up. Just like clockwork.

 

[Swinefuzz]

WHAT?! How, I ask you, HOW is this possible?*
*internet sarcasm.

https://www.google.com/search?q=for...TegB5gSsgcBNrgHvAPCBwUwLjYuMcgHDQ&sclient=img

Ford Motor's own CEO has publically shamed his own company regarding all the quality issues and gutted the apparently ineffective managerial bonus program until quality improves. You know things are bad when THAT has to go public.

 

[Swinefuzz]

So, 10 year old Explorers can lose the B-pillar trim when the windows are open and the plastic piece can fly out the window?

I'd prefer that over that huge metal boomerang that flies off Elon's CyberTurkeys.
If you put 2 of them together you might be able to form a rudimentary swastika.

 

[GoinPostall]

"Why buy a Slate, just get a Maverick!"

I've been a mechanic since 2011, working on both automotive and commercial diesel, and I refuse to buy any Ford product. This is part of the reason. The other part is that modern Ford products are absolute trash to work on.

 

[Effonefiddy Lightning]

More than 550,000 Ford vehicles were recalled due to airbag and structural issues that could increase the risk of crashes and injuries.
This should say "could increase risk of injury in a crash."

 

[Effonefiddy Lightning]

I'd prefer that over that huge metal boomerang that flies off Elon's CyberTurkeys.
If you put 2 of them together you might be able to form a rudimentary swastika.

You'd rather have an airbag not work in a crash than a piece fall off your truck? That was a very bad joke.

 

[Swinefuzz]

You'd rather have an airbag not work in a crash than a piece fall off your truck? That was a very bad joke.

Huh? I don't understand your comment.
When did I mention airbags?
What is a very bad joke? My swastikar joke? I'm not a nazi, Elon is.

 

[Proud2BUnion]

I've had my Maverick for 3 years, no issues. Great vehicle.

 

[Luxrage]

My mother went out of her way many years ago to buy a fleet-optioned F150 from the local Ford dealer as she wanted nothing that would break. This would have been a 2013 model with crank windows, manual doors, ect. Base V6, simple as you could get it.

Blew two heater blower resistors, the right door speaker wiring broke in the door, vibration rubbed through a transmission cooler line, and the AC had freeze-over problems from day 1.

Before that she had a '99 Ranger base, also bought new. The windshield wipers would randomly cycle if you turned the wheel clockwise too quickly.

My 89 Squire, on the other hand, is excellently reliable. The tradeoff is fit and finish. The Squire's dashboard arch cutout doesn't even line up with the steering column... and my old 94 Thunderbird gave me 100K miles with only losing the alternator and plug wires. Yep, 100K miles in the creakiest, rattliest interior I've ever experienced in a car. There was something seriously wrong with the design of that dashboard.

I should add that my grandfather was a Ford engineer through the mid 70s to the beginnings of the 4.6L V8 years and our whole family is Ford-crazy so it can't be helped.

 

[Effonefiddy Lightning]

Huh? I don't understand your comment.
When did I mention airbags?
What is a very bad joke? My swastikar joke? I'm not a nazi, Elon is.

You said you'd rather have that, meaning the bad airbag problem, than a CT with parts falling off. Why? The original subject was the airbag recall.

 

[Effonefiddy Lightning]

Huh? I don't understand your comment.
When did I mention airbags?
What is a very bad joke? My swastikar joke? I'm not a nazi, Elon is.

And BTW Elon is not a Nazi. That's just hyperbolic. If that's true, then so is Cory Booker, but oh, he's black, he can't be a racist, well that's just convenient for people to pick the low hanging fruit. And no, I'm not an Elon fan boy, you people need to stop cheapening real racism. Get over yourselves with that crap.