Ford Motor Company: Equipment › Electrical › Engine Block Heater
Ford Motor Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Oct 10, 2025 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 59,006. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2016-2019 Lincoln MKC, 2016-2023 Explorer, 2019-2020 Fusion, 2019-2024 Ranger, 2020-2022 Lincoln Corsair, Escape, 2021-2024 Bronco, Bronco Sport, and 2022-2024 Maverick vehicles. The engine block heater may crack and develop a coolant leak, causing it to short circuit when the block heater is plugged in.
The risk
An electrical short circuit can increase the risk of a fire.
The remedy
Owners are advised not to plug in their block heater until the vehicle is remedied. Dealers will replace the block heater, free of charge. Owners will also have a alternative option to replace engine block heater element with a threaded blanking plug, and remove the block heater electrical cord. Interim letters, notifying owners of the safety risk, were mailed December 3, 2025. Additional letters will be sent once the final remedy is available, anticipated December 2026. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 25SA4. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on October 15, 2025.
36 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Ford Bronco | 82 | 16 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 Ford Bronco Sport | 115 | 8 | 7 | 5 |
| 2024 Ford Maverick | 74 | 15 | 0 | 6 |
| 2024 Ford Ranger | 96 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 Ford Bronco | 230 | 18 | 3 | 6 |
| 2023 Ford Bronco Sport | 163 | 14 | 6 | 9 |
| 2023 Ford Explorer | 113 | 15 | 2 | 7 |
| 2023 Ford Maverick | 81 | 21 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023 Ford Ranger | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 Ford Bronco | 386 | 23 | 2 | 6 |
| 2022 Ford Bronco Sport | 370 | 15 | 13 | 13 |
| 2022 Ford Escape | 236 | 19 | 4 | 7 |
| 2022 Ford Explorer | 271 | 24 | 1 | 17 |
| 2022 Ford Maverick | 150 | 28 | 4 | 8 |
| 2022 Ford Ranger | 38 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 Lincoln Corsair | 35 | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 Ford Bronco | 230 | 20 | 3 | 6 |
| 2021 Ford Bronco Sport | 712 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 2021 Ford Escape | 352 | 19 | 9 | 9 |
| 2021 Ford Explorer | 452 | 26 | 6 | 14 |
| 2021 Ford Ranger | 119 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 2021 Lincoln Corsair | 34 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Ford Escape | 1,619 | 23 | 4 | 20 |
| 2020 Ford Explorer | 1,249 | 33 | 10 | 37 |
| 2020 Ford Fusion | 185 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 2020 Ford Ranger | 130 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 2020 Lincoln Corsair | 61 | 16 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 Ford Fusion | 316 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 2019 Ford Ranger | 271 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2019 Lincoln MKC | 123 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2018 Ford Explorer | 734 | 7 | 7 | 16 |
| 2018 Lincoln MKC | 77 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 Ford Explorer | 1,704 | 14 | 11 | 34 |
| 2017 Lincoln MKC | 193 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 2016 Ford Explorer | 2,465 | 15 | 14 | 39 |
| 2016 Lincoln MKC | 80 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
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 25V685000.
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