NHTSA Campaign 25V343000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
NHTSA campaign 25V343000 covers 5 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the electrical system. The repair is free.
Ford Motor Company filed the report for 25V343000 with NHTSA on May 23, 2025; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 25V343000, NHTSA lists up to 6,781 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 7, 2024 and May 7, 2025.
The 25V343000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 25V343000 were scheduled from June 9, 2026, 382 days after the report.
25V343000 covers 3 models from Ford and Lincoln, model years 2023–2025.
Owners of the model years 25V343000 covers have filed at least 81 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 25V343000 vehicles, the 2023 Ford Escape has the most (41).
By potentially affected vehicles, 25V343000 ranks 315 of 582 Ford Motor Company recalls on this site.
Besides 25V343000, Ford Motor Company has 55 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 25V343000 was 25V132000, reported on February 28, 2025.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2024-2025 Lincoln Nautilus, 2023-2025 Escape, 2023 Lincoln Corsair, 2025 Lincoln Corsair, Maverick, and Bronco Sport vehicles equipped with a 1.5L or 2.0L MPC engine and an engine block heater. The engine block heater may overheat when the vehicle is parked with the block heater plugged in.
- The risk
- An overheated engine block heater can increase the risk of a fire.
- The fix
- Dealers will replace the block heater element and inspect the electrical cord, replacing it if necessary, free of charge. Owners will also have a alternative option to replace engine block heater element with a threaded blanking plug coupled, and remove the block heater electrical cord. Owner notification letters were mailed June 9, 2026. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 25S52.
Reported May 23, 2025
Vehicles covered by 25V343000 (5)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 25V343000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: May 23, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted