# 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 \(United States\)
- 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\*

## 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.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- 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.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2018 FORD EXPEDITION](/makes/ford/expedition/2018/recalls.md). Built from 2018\-09\-01.
- [2019 FORD EXPEDITION](/makes/ford/expedition/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 FORD EXPEDITION](/makes/ford/expedition/2020/recalls.md). Built to 2020\-07\-31.
- [2018 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR](/makes/lincoln/navigator/2018/recalls.md). Built from 2018\-09\-01.
- [2019 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR](/makes/lincoln/navigator/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR](/makes/lincoln/navigator/2020/recalls.md). Built to 2020\-07\-31.

## 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.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/25V197000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/25V197000/investigations)

## 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)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/25V197000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/25V197000)

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