Ford Recalls Vehicles For Driving Forward In Reverse Gear

Ford has issued yet another safety recall, this time for a transmission fault which can cause a vehicle to drive forward when it’s in reverse. Needless to say, that’s a very bad thing. And even though the recall only involves 269 cars, trucks, and SUVs, the fact it’s such a wild malfunction and Ford has been dealing with so many recalls it’s hard to keep track creates a bad combination for the company.

Ford issues another recall for already recalled cars.

Safety Recall 25S19 was issued on March 14 and involves certain 2025 Lincoln Aviators, 2024 to 2025 Ford Broncos, 2025 Explorers, 2024 to 2025 F-150s, 2025 Mustangs, and 2025 Rangers. Even if you own one of those vehicles, the chance yours is affected by the recall is slim. But with the risk involved if it is, we wouldn’t just ignore this one.

According to the recall notice, the problem is with the transmission main valve body not meeting manufacturing specifications, which sounds like yet another quality control issue from Ford. A sign this is a problem can be the vehicle not reversing when the transmission is put into reverse gear.

Even worse, when the transmission is put into reverse of neutral, the vehicle might move forward instead. There will be a warning for the driver with the Malfunction Indicator Light and Wrench light illuminating on the dash, so watch for those.

While this issue constitutes a serious safety risk, apparently a solution to the problem won’t be ready until sometime in the second quarter of 2025. That could be all the way until the end of June.

Even Ford’s CEO Jim Farley has spoken out about the inordinate number of recalls and poor quality control in the automaker’s manufacturing process. We’ve covered only some select safety recalls issued as a result, including two that fix problems with previous recalls.

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