NHTSA recall 25V197000
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) |
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| Campaign number | 25V197000 |
| Manufacturer's number | 25S31 |
| Manufacturer | Ford Motor Company |
| Reported | 2025-05-23 |
| Owners notified | 2025-10-22 |
| Component | SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER |
| Units potentially affected | 112951 |
| Part numbers | JL7Z-78611B08-A*, JL1Z-78611B08-A*, JL7Z-78611B09-A*, JL1Z-78611B09-A* |
| Report | Quarterly report 3, for 2026 quarter 2 |
|---|---|
| Filed with NHTSA | 2026-07-21 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 112951 |
| Reported remedied | 29937 (26%) |
| Reported unreachable | 3242 |
| Reported removed | 7 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 2, 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.
What is wrong
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2018-2020 Expedition and Lincoln Navigator vehicles. The seat belt pretensioner in the driver and/or front passenger seat may inadvertently lock the seat belt, which will not allow the belt to retract or extend.
What can happen
Seat belts that do not retract or extend can fail to restrain an occupant as intended, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the seat belt retractors as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 22, 2025. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 25S31. Some vehicles in this recall that were previously inspected under recall 24V-099 and did not have parts replaced will need to have this new recall remedy completed.
Notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-888-275-9171), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.
| 2018 FORD EXPEDITION | Built from 2018-09-01. |
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| 2019 FORD EXPEDITION | |
| 2020 FORD EXPEDITION | Built to 2020-07-31. |
| 2018 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR | Built from 2018-09-01. |
| 2019 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR | |
| 2020 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR | Built to 2020-07-31. |
A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.
Investigated as RQ24015
This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.
| RQ24015 | Recall query, opened 2024-11-15, closed 2025-07-23. Seat Belt Retractor Pretensioner Inadvertent Deployment. SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER. |
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From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.