Ford Kuga, Kuga, Kuga, Kuga. Published by the DVSA as R/2025/163 on 9 May 2025. Concern: 25S21 Kuga - Powertrain Control Module (PCM) Software Update.
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A recall published by DVSA, the British vehicle safety authority, with every version of its wording that this site has read. Unchanged since first read.
| DVSA reference | R/2025/163 |
|---|---|
| Launched | 9 May 2025 |
| Make | Ford (listed as FORD) |
| Manufacturer reference | 25S21 |
| Vehicles listed | 2,984 |
Models
| Model | Vehicles | Built from | Built to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuga | 7 | 29 February 2020 | 30 April 2020 |
| Kuga | 501 | 25 July 2019 | 2 June 2020 |
| Kuga | 152 | 4 June 2020 | 13 October 2020 |
| Kuga | 53 | 7 October 2020 | 13 November 2020 |
| Kuga | 395 | 20 October 2020 | 23 February 2021 |
| Kuga | 81 | 12 March 2021 | 1 June 2021 |
| Kuga | 23 | 2 June 2021 | 8 September 2021 |
| Kuga | 99 | 10 September 2021 | 29 October 2021 |
| Kuga | 124 | 27 October 2021 | 17 January 2022 |
| Kuga | 202 | 17 January 2022 | 1 March 2022 |
| Kuga | 360 | 1 March 2022 | 31 May 2022 |
| Kuga | 185 | 31 May 2022 | 20 September 2022 |
| Kuga | 802 | 4 October 2022 | 12 January 2023 |
Concern
Defect, as DVSA words it
Remedy, as DVSA words it
What changed since we first read it
Nothing yet. The wording has been the same on every read since 4 September 2026. The file is read again every day; if DVSA rewrites the defect, remedy or concern, the old and new text will appear here with both dates.
The same recall in other registers
| United States | NHTSA campaign 25V165, 14 March 2025 (filed 56 days before the UK launch) |
|---|---|
| Canada | Transport Canada recall 2025134, 14 March 2025 |
Matched through the manufacturer's own reference (25S21), which the registers share. See the same recall, Britain and America.
Check this recall on the DVSA service
Read from DVSA's bulk recalls file (RecallsFile.csv, 7 MB) on 17 September 2026; this recall first read on 4 September 2026, read 15 times since. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA, Check vehicle recalls. CarsMultiverse is an independent site, not an authority: the official notice is the one on the DVSA service.
Ford KUGA in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Ford KUGA is named on 23 European notices and 8 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The European 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.
Ford elsewhere in this register
Ford is named on 371 notices in the copy of the DVSA’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- R/2025/188 · 28 May 2025 · Transit Custom, Transit Custom, Transit Custom · 25C10 - Transit Custom - Driver and Passenger Door Modules Software Update
- R/2025/162 · 30 April 2025 · Kuga, Kuga, Kuga · 25S16 Kuga PHEV - Powertrain Control Module Software Update
- R/2025/161 · 30 April 2025 · Mach-E, Mach-E, Mach-E · 25S14 Mach-E - High Voltage Battery Control Module Update
- R/2025/160 · 29 April 2025 · Transit Custom, Transit Custom · 25C03 Transit Custom - Potential Child Lock Malfunction Issue
- R/2024/333 · 14 April 2025 · Transit Custom, Transit Custom, Transit Custom · 24S56 Transit Custom PHEV
- R/2025/197 · 5 June 2025 · Tourneo Connect · 25S34 Tourneo Connect - Potential Front Entertainment Control Module (FEM) Screen Freezing
- R/2025/199 · 9 June 2025 · Transit, Transit, Transit · 25S59 Transit Transit Custom - Potential exhaust manifold nut incorrectly torqued
- R/2025/196 · 10 June 2025 · Puma, Puma · 25E03 – Puma mHEV - Hybrid system fault
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