# NHTSA recall 25V862000

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: 25V862000
- Manufacturer's number: 25C68
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2025\-12\-12
- Owners notified: 2025\-12\-26
- Component: SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER:RETRACTOR
- Units potentially affected: 780
- Part numbers: W505275\-S451

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain 2025\-2026 Corsair and Escape vehicles. The seat belt retractors for the left and right rear passenger seats may not be securely fastened.


## What can happen

An improperly secured seat belt retractor may not restrain an occupant as intended, increasing the risk of injury during a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will inspect and secure, or replace the seat belt retractor bolts, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 26, 2025. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1\-866\-436\-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 25C68. Vehicle Identification Numbers \(VINs\) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on December 15, 2025.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 3, for 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-21
- Vehicles in the campaign: 780
- Reported remedied: 537 \(68%\)
- Reported unreachable: 6
- 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 ESCAPE](/makes/ford/escape/2025/recalls.md). Built from 2024\-11\-25.
- [2026 FORD ESCAPE](/makes/ford/escape/2026/recalls.md)
- [2025 LINCOLN CORSAIR](/makes/lincoln/corsair/2025/recalls.md). Built from 2024\-11\-25.
- [2026 LINCOLN CORSAIR](/makes/lincoln/corsair/2026/recalls.md). Built to 2025\-11\-03.

## 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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