2024–2025 Ford Escape Recall
Electrical System: Instrument Cluster/panel
Issued August 11, 2024 · Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Affected model years
- 2024, 2025
- Component
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
- Vehicles affected
- 15
- Report received
- August 11, 2024
Summary
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2024-2025 Escape vehicles. The passenger side instrument panel cover may have been manufactured incorrectly, which can cause the air bag not to deploy as intended. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
Consequence
During air bag deployment, the air bag cover may break and project fragments into the vehicle, or the air bag may deploy improperly, increasing the risk of occupant injury.
Remedy
Dealers will replace the passenger side instrument panel cover, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on February 18, 2025. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 24C38.
Notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153) or go to nhtsa.gov.
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Data sourced from the NHTSA Recalls database.