Ford Motor Company: Equipment › Electrical › Engine Block Heater
Ford Motor Company reported this defect to federal regulators on May 23, 2025 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 6,781. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2024-2025 Lincoln Nautilus, 2023-2025 Escape, 2023 Lincoln Corsair, 2025 Lincoln Corsair, Maverick, and Bronco Sport vehicles equipped with a 1.5L or 2.0L MPC engine and an engine block heater. The engine block heater may overheat when the vehicle is parked with the block heater plugged in.
The risk
An overheated engine block heater can increase the risk of a fire.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the block heater element and inspect the electrical cord, replacing it if necessary, free of charge. Owners will also have a alternative option to replace engine block heater element with a threaded blanking plug coupled, and remove the block heater electrical cord. Owner notification letters were mailed June 9, 2026. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 25S52.
9 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Ford Bronco Sport | 41 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025 Ford Escape | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 Ford Maverick | 24 | 12 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 Lincoln Corsair | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 Lincoln Nautilus | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 Ford Escape | 77 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024 Lincoln Nautilus | 22 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 Ford Escape | 102 | 11 | 3 | 2 |
| 2023 Lincoln Corsair | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 25V343000.
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