Owners of this vehicle were written to on 19 May 2026. The remedy was reworded on 25 August 2026, 98 days later, so the letter described the earlier version. Both versions are shown on this page. Back to the campaign.
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Between 25 August 2026, 01:32 UTC and 25 August 2026, 07:46 UTC, the text of the remedy (what the manufacturer will do about it) on campaign 25V686, filed by Ford, was replaced. The authority publishes one version at a time. This is both.
What changed
1 word was removed and 2 were added.
Removed from the earlier version
Added in the version now published
Both versions in full
As we read it on 25 August 2026
Dealers will update the image processing module software, free charge.nThis will be a phased campaign, with the remedy becoming available in different phases based on model years. Interim letters notifying owners of the safety risk were mailed on October 30, 2025. Additional letters will be mailed once the remedy is available on each phase. Owner notification letters were mailed May 19, 2026. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 25SA8. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on October 13, 2025.
As we read it on 25 August 2026
Dealers will update the image processing module software, free of charge.This will be a phased campaign, with the remedy becoming available in different phases based on model years. Interim letters notifying owners of the safety risk were mailed on October 30, 2025. Additional letters will be mailed once the remedy is available on each phase. Owner notification letters were mailed May 19, 2026. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 25SA8. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on October 13, 2025.
Sealed
The version now published is fingerprinted, and that fingerprint is folded into a single number we publish once a day and cannot quietly recompute. It was fixed before you read this page. Follow the path below and you arrive at the seal we had already published: how the seal works.
The wording we publish for 25V686 is one of 1,485 notices sealed on 17 September 2026.
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Cite this version
CarsMultiverse (A.I.T. Multiverse Consulting Ltd). "Ford rewrote the remedy on recall 25V686, 25 August 2026." https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/25v686-remedy-2026-08-25/ Sealed 17 September 2026. Notice fingerprint d0ea70150889acfb8f573500ff4797617077abd0f9333cb22580884e5f940ad3. Seal e7c86f595a518db997256229171466dd7bf6a65da9fae34f5cb501b24189fd88.
If this is your car
The fix itself was reworded. If this recall has already been carried out on your vehicle, it was carried out to whatever the instruction said at the time. If it has not been, book it - the repair is free either way.
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