Lincoln Aviator, Explorer. Published by Transport Canada as 2025023 on 17 January 2025. System: Powertrain.
What the notice says Issue:
On a small number of vehicles, the bolts for the transmission crossmember may be missing or may not have been tightened properly. As a result, the transmission could move and cause a sudden loss of power to the wheels.
Safety Risk:
A loss of power to the wheels could increase the risk of a …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Transport Canada carries this recall as 2025023, dated 17 January 2025. The American register carries the same defect as campaign 25V020, dated 17 January 2025. They are the same defect because the manufacturer filed both under one internal campaign code, 25S03.
| Canada | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Number | 2025023 | 25V020 |
| Dated | 17 January 2025 | 17 January 2025 |
| Register | Transport Canada | NHTSA |
| Make | Lincoln | |
Both registers carry the same date for this defect.
These are the dates each register records against its own notice. They are separate administrative acts in two countries, recorded by two authorities under two sets of rules, and this page does not claim that one caused the other or that owners in either country were contacted on those days. What it shows is that the same manufacturer campaign reached the two registers on different dates.
Read the American notice 25V020, including every earlier version of its wording this site holds. The Canadian register explains why the manufacturer code is published there and what that makes possible. Canada and America sets every matched pair side by side.
Lincoln AVIATOR in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Lincoln AVIATOR is named on 35 American notices and 2 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The Israeli register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2025023
- Recall date
- 17 January 2025
- Make
- Lincoln, Ford
- Models
- Aviator, Explorer
- Model years
- 2025
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Powertrain
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 8
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On a small number of vehicles, the bolts for the transmission crossmember may be missing or may not have been tightened properly. As a result, the transmission could move and cause a sudden loss of power to the wheels.Safety Risk:
A loss of power to the wheels could increase the risk of a crash.Corrective Actions:
Ford will notify owners by mail and advise you to take your vehicle to a dealership to inspect the transmission crossmember for any loose or missing bolts. The dealer will replace the bolts or the crossmember, as necessary.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2025023.
Lincoln elsewhere in this register
Lincoln is named on 288 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2025043 · 31 January 2025 · Corsair, Super Duty, Expedition · Visual System
- 2025084 · 14 February 2025 · Explorer, Police Interceptor Utility (explorer), Aviator · Seats And Restraints
- 2025082 · 17 February 2025 · Navigator · Electrical
- 2025108 · 2 March 2025 · Corsair, Maverick · Powertrain
- 2025106 · 2 March 2025 · F-150, Expedition, Navigator · Brakes
- 2025140 · 14 March 2025 · Explorer, Corsair, Aviator · Visual System
- 2025163 · 28 March 2025 · Police Interceptor Truck (f-150), Navigator, Expedition · Engine
- 2025164 · 28 March 2025 · Navigator, Expedition · Seats And Restraints
The same system: Powertrain
823 notices in this register name Powertrain. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2025012 · 16 January 2025 · Cherokee · Powertrain
- 2025018 · 16 January 2025 · T480, T380, T280 · Powertrain
- 2025076 · 14 February 2025 · Sprinter · Powertrain
- 2025090 · 19 February 2025 · Cb650r · Powertrain
- 2025104 · 2 March 2025 · Ecosport · Powertrain
- 2025108 · 2 March 2025 · Corsair, Maverick · Powertrain
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Lincoln Aviator, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Lincoln: 288 in the register, and 656 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2025.
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