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HighNHTSA·24V954000·Announced 2025-08-12

2020-2024 Ford Escape and Lincoln Corsair Battery Defect Recall

Ford is recalling 2020-2024 Ford Escape and 2021-2024 Lincoln Corsair vehicles due to a high voltage battery manufacturing defect that may cause internal short circuits, loss of drive power, or fire risk.

What this means for you

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: This is a manufacturing defect in a critical propulsion system component with potential for serious consequences—loss of drive power increasing crash risk, and fire risk—but the source text reports no injuries, crashes, fires, or deaths. Per the severity rubric, risk-of-harm products where injury has not yet been reported score as High.

Plain-English summary

Ford Motor Company is recalling certain 2020-2024 Ford Escape vehicles and 2021-2024 Lincoln Corsair vehicles. A manufacturing defect in one or more of the high voltage battery cells may result in an internal short circuit and battery failure.

Battery failure can cause a loss of drive power, which increases the risk of a crash. Battery failure can also increase the risk of a fire.

Approximately 20,484 vehicles are affected. Owners should not charge the battery until the remedy has been completed. Dealers will perform a battery energy control module (BECM) software update and replace the high voltage battery pack as necessary, at no cost. Owner notification letters were mailed on May 30, 2025.

For more information, owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332 (Ford's recall number: 24S79) or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or visit nhtsa.gov.

The recalled product

Product
2020 FORD ESCAPE
Brand
FORD
Manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Category
Vehicle
Hazard
  • battery-failure
  • power-loss
  • fire
Affected units
20,484

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Model numbers (2)

  • ESCAPE
  • CORSAIR

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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