# NHTSA recall 20V675000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 20V675000
- Manufacturer's number: 20S62
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2021\-03\-12
- Owners notified: 2020\-11\-27
- Component: SUSPENSION:REAR
- Units potentially affected: 454941
- Part numbers: DB5Z\-5B759\-B Left Rear Knuckle and DB5Z\-5B758\-B Right Rear Knuckle

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain 2013\-2017 Explorer vehicles originally sold, or currently registered in Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin that were previously repaired under a prior recall numbers 16V\-245 or 19V\-435.  The outboard section of a rear suspension toe link may fracture.


## What can happen

A rear toe link fracture can result in a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the cross\-axis ball joint \(CABJ\) knuckle attached to the rear suspension toe link and replace it as necessary, free of charge.  The recall began November 27, 2020.  Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1\-866\-436\-7332.  Ford's number for this recall is 20S62.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Annual report 3, for 2024 quarter 4 to 2025 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2025\-10\-26
- Vehicles in the campaign: 454941
- Reported remedied: 352810 \(77%\)
- Reported unreachable: 4449
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 quarter 3, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2013 FORD EXPLORER](/makes/ford/explorer/2013/recalls.md)
- [2014 FORD EXPLORER](/makes/ford/explorer/2014/recalls.md)
- [2015 FORD EXPLORER](/makes/ford/explorer/2015/recalls.md)
- [2016 FORD EXPLORER](/makes/ford/explorer/2016/recalls.md)
- [2017 FORD EXPLORER](/makes/ford/explorer/2017/recalls.md)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [22N01 S1](/bulletins/10232579.md), 2023-03-06, Service bulletin
- [21R02](/bulletins/10226952.md), 2022-12-02, Service bulletin
- [21R01](/bulletins/10226951.md), 2022-12-02, Service bulletin
- [22N01](/bulletins/10208271.md), 2022-02-24, Service bulletin
- [21B14](/bulletins/10189760.md), 2021-04-03, Service bulletin
- [21B14\-S1](/bulletins/10189755.md), 2021-04-03, Service bulletin
- [SSM 48876](/bulletins/10176938.md), 2020-07-07, Service bulletin
- [DOR\-J9K8E\-10](/bulletins/10166446.md), 2019-10-21, Service bulletin
- [17G01\-S2](/bulletins/10144953.md), 2018-09-24, Service bulletin
- [17G01\-S1](/bulletins/10140336.md), 2018-06-11, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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