# NHTSA recall 25V691000

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: 25V691000
- Manufacturer's number: 25SA2
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2025\-10\-10
- Owners notified: 2025\-11\-05
- Component: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS:EXTERNAL/PEDESTRIAN ALERT; BACK OVER PREVENTION:WARNINGS:EXTERNAL/PEDESTRIAN ALERT
- Units potentially affected: 43438
- Part numbers: R2TT\-18T806\-F\*, R2TT\-18T806\-E\*, RB5T\-18K936\-E\*, R2TT\-18K936\-C\*

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain 2024\-2026 Lincoln Nautilus Hybrid and 2025 Explorer hybrid police vehicles. A software error may prevent the vehicle from emitting the pedestrian warning sound at certain speeds.


## What can happen

A vehicle that does not produce a warning sound may fail to alert pedestrians of an approaching vehicle, increasing the risk of injury.


## The remedy

The audio control module and digital signal processing module software will be updated by a dealer, or through an over\-the\-air \(OTA\) update, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 5, 2025. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1\-866\-436\-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 25SA2. Vehicle Identification Numbers \(VINs\) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on October 10, 2025.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 3, for 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-21
- Vehicles in the campaign: 43438
- Reported remedied: 32818 \(75%\)
- Reported unreachable: 227
- Reported removed: 0

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

- [2025 FORD EXPLORER HYBRID](/makes/ford/explorer/2025/recalls.md). Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2024 LINCOLN NAUTILUS HYBRID](/makes/lincoln/nautilus/2024/recalls.md). Built 2023\-04\-04 to 2025\-09\-23. Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2025 LINCOLN NAUTILUS HYBRID](/makes/lincoln/nautilus/2025/recalls.md). Built 2023\-04\-04 to 2025\-09\-23. Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2026 LINCOLN NAUTILUS HYBRID](/makes/lincoln/nautilus/2026/recalls.md). Built 2023\-04\-04 to 2025\-09\-23. Listed as a series or trim of this model.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [IPMA\-26.22.8.3.7 Expl\&Avi](/bulletins/11037306.md), 2026-09-14, Over\-the\-air update
- [ACM\-25.3.3 Nautilus](/bulletins/11029610.md), 2026-03-04, Over\-the\-air update
- [TSB 25\-2422](/bulletins/11023210.md), 2025-09-19, Other
- [SSM 53863](/bulletins/11019455.md), 2025-06-11, Service bulletin
- [SSM 52125](/bulletins/10247166.md), 2023-12-11, 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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