- Vehicles
- 2,272
- Built between
- Apr 2025 – May 2025
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 3 October 2025
- Repaired
- 90%
- Unrepaired
- 219
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between April 2025 and May 2025. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2025 Ford BroncoBuilt April 2025 to May 2025
Repair progress
219 of 2,272 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q2 2026.
90% repaired — 2,050 of 2,272 reported
- Owners not reachable
- 3
Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.
What the defect is
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2025 Bronco vehicles. The active vent flap on the passenger side may prevent the air bag from deploying as intended. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
What could happen
An air bag that does not deploy as intended increases the risk of injury during a crash.
What gets fixed
Dealers will replace the passenger air bag module, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 3, 2025.
Parts involved
- Passenger AirbagM2DB-S044A74-ALPassenger Airbag Module
Part numbers are as filed by the manufacturer and are listed for reference. Your dealer will confirm the correct part for your vehicle.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtApril 2025 to May 2025
- Recall reported to NHTSA13 June 2025
- Owners notified3 October 2025
- Latest repair reportQ2 2026 — 90% repaired
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 13 June 2025.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Manufacturer contact
Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 25C27.
Official source
- Manufacturer's recall number
- 25C27
- Recalling manufacturer
- Ford Motor Company
- Safety standard
- FMVSS 208
- Recall initiated by
- MFR
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.