Forward collision avoidance: warnings: external/pedestrian alert
- Component
- Forward collision avoidance: warnings: external/pedestrian alert
- Manufacturer
- Ford Motor Company
- Vehicles affected
- 43,438
- Reported to NHTSA
- 2025-10-10
- Owners notified
- 2025-11-05
Defect description
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.
Safety risk
A vehicle that does not produce a warning sound may fail to alert pedestrians of an approaching vehicle, increasing the risk of injury.
Manufacturer 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.