Ford Just Recalled 1.1 Million Trucks For Busted Rearview Cameras

Ford just cannot get out of its own way when it comes to recalls. The Blue Oval just issued a massive bulletin for 1,075,299 vehicles because of an issue that might prevent the rearview camera from popping up when the car is put in reverse. Of course, on some of the massive trucks Ford produces, visibility without a camera can be a real issue. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the bug might cause the rearview camera image to delay, freeze or not display altogether. None of those are ideal.

The recall impacts an incredibly wide range of vehicles. Don't hold your breath as I list them all out. Here we go. Impacted cars are as follows: 2021-2024 Bronco, F-150, 2021-2024 Edge, 2023-2024 Escape, F-250, F-350, F-450, F-550, F-600, 2022-2024 Expedition, 2022-2025 Transit, 2021-2023 Mach-E, 2024 Ranger, Mustang, 2021-2023 Lincoln Nautilus, 2022-2024 Navigator and — finally — 2023-2024 Corsair. Good lord. So far, thankfully, there has only been one minor crash that resulted in property damage tied to the issue. That's sort of a miracle when you consider how many cars are impacted.

NHTSA says it contacted Ford about allegations of more than three dozen backup camera issues on 2021-2023 F-150s. From there, a team of engineers at the automaker was able to reproduce the failure within a vehicle and link it back to specific software variants.

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The plan is for customers to go to the dealers for the update, or they can have it done as an over-the-air update from their home free of charge, of course. This software serves as an operating system for the car's dashboard, according to NHTSA. 

Owners can expect to be notified about the safety risk by mail by June 16, and a second letter will be sent once a remedy is available, which is expected to be sometime in the third quarter of this year. I guess, until then you'll just have to get used to backing up the old-fashioned way.

This is just the latest in a long string of recalls Ford has faced recently. Since the beginning of 2025, we've told you about the automaker issuing eight recalls in a single day and the fact it had to re-recall a number of Mustangs it didn't fix properly the first time. We also told you about how the Dearborn-based company is being sued over a tire recall for the Transit Trail and that NHTSA is currently probing 1.3 million faulty F-150s. Guys, you've really gotta get it together. This is getting silly now.