https://problemsbyvin.com/ New recall news, settlements, investigations, and original NHTSA data research from ProblemsByVin. en-us Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://problemsbyvin.com/news/2022-ford-bronco-recalled-over-structure/ https://problemsbyvin.com/news/2022-ford-bronco-recalled-over-structure/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2022-2026 Bronco vehicles. The fender flares may not be properly secured and detach from the vehicle. What's wrong, the risk, and what owners should do. https://problemsbyvin.com/news/ford-f-150-expedition-park-rollaway-recall/ https://problemsbyvin.com/news/ford-f-150-expedition-park-rollaway-recall/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ford recalled 741,195 F-150, Expedition, Explorer, Navigator, and Aviator vehicles because the 10R80 transmission's parking pawl can engage while the vehicle is moving, damage the park system, and allow a rollaway. Owners have already filed 1,488 powertrain complaints on these exact trucks — and the fix isn't due until April 2027. https://problemsbyvin.com/news/ford-recalls-91-198-model-year-2018-2020-f-150-trucks-for-daytime-running-lights/ https://problemsbyvin.com/news/ford-recalls-91-198-model-year-2018-2020-f-150-trucks-for-daytime-running-lights/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT These 2018-2020 F-150 pickups were previously repaired incorrectly under an earlier recall; the daytime running lights may not dim as required. What's wrong, the risk, and what owners should do. https://problemsbyvin.com/research/ford-ecoboost-coolant-intrusion/ https://problemsbyvin.com/research/ford-ecoboost-coolant-intrusion/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT No vehicle draws more engine complaints in the NHTSA record than the Ford Escape. Two small turbo EcoBoost engines, one root cause — coolant reaching the cylinders. The 1.6L overheated, caught fire, and got recalled; the 1.5L cracked its block, drew 3,110 complaints across three model years, and never got an engine recall. The data, and the ~80,000-mile failure window. https://problemsbyvin.com/news/ford-recalls-about-163-000-broncos-because-front-seats-may-not-properly-restrain/ https://problemsbyvin.com/news/ford-recalls-about-163-000-broncos-because-front-seats-may-not-properly-restrain/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT On about 163,256 2021-2023 Bronco SUVs, the front seats may not properly restrain an occupant in a crash. What's wrong, the risk, and what owners should do. https://problemsbyvin.com/news/ford-recalls-vehicles-for-integrated-park-module-that-may-fail-to-lock-into-park/ https://problemsbyvin.com/news/ford-recalls-vehicles-for-integrated-park-module-that-may-fail-to-lock-into-park/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The integrated park module may fail to lock into the park position when the driver shifts into Park. What's wrong, the risk, and what owners should do. https://problemsbyvin.com/news/recall-roundup-2026-06-28/ https://problemsbyvin.com/news/recall-roundup-2026-06-28/ Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A plain-English rundown of 2 notable vehicle recalls newly filed with the NHTSA: 2025 Hyundai Tucson, 2025 Chevrolet Express. What's wrong, the risk, and what owners should do. https://problemsbyvin.com/research/gm-3-6-v6-timing-chain/ https://problemsbyvin.com/research/gm-3-6-v6-timing-chain/ Sun, 21 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Theta II got the headlines and the class action. GM's 3.6L LFX/LLT V6 — the only engine in the Lambda crossovers (Traverse, Acadia, Enclave, Outlook) — throws the same P0008/P0009 timing-chain-stretch code around 90,000 miles, and never got a recall for it. The engine-complaint record, isolated to the platforms where a complaint can only mean the V6. https://problemsbyvin.com/research/honda-15t-cold-climate/ https://problemsbyvin.com/research/honda-15t-cold-climate/ Sun, 21 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT In Texas nobody talks about the Honda 1.5T. In Minnesota the dealer cut your oil-change interval in half. The L15B7 turbo drops fuel in the oil pan on cold-start, short-trip driving — and on the 2017 CR-V the median complaint mileage was 14,000. Where it hits, and why the same engine looks different in different ZIP codes. https://problemsbyvin.com/news/recall-roundup-2026-06-21/ https://problemsbyvin.com/news/recall-roundup-2026-06-21/ Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A plain-English rundown of 6 notable vehicle recalls newly filed with the NHTSA: 2020 Ford F-150, 2019 Lincoln Nautilus, 2018 Ford Focus, and more. What's wrong, the risk, and what owners should do. https://problemsbyvin.com/research/recalls-vs-complaints-divergence/ https://problemsbyvin.com/research/recalls-vs-complaints-divergence/ Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT A recall is one defect the manufacturer was forced to fix; it is not a verdict on the whole car. Here are widely-driven vehicle systems owners complain about by the hundreds with no recall for that system — each one cross-checked against the live NHTSA recall record. https://problemsbyvin.com/news/recall-roundup-2026-06-14/ https://problemsbyvin.com/news/recall-roundup-2026-06-14/ Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A plain-English rundown of 9 notable vehicle recalls newly filed with the NHTSA: 2024 Ford Expedition, 2024 Ford Explorer, 2019 Ford Mustang, and more. What's wrong, the risk, and what owners should do. https://problemsbyvin.com/news/ford-explorer-ranger-bronco-engine-failure-recall/ https://problemsbyvin.com/news/ford-explorer-ranger-bronco-engine-failure-recall/ Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ford is recalling 1,536 of its newest Explorers, Rangers, and Broncos because the engine can fail and cut drive power. The remedy is a complete engine long-block replacement — and owners got a 'your engine might fail' warning letter months before the repair will even be available. We read the NHTSA filing. https://problemsbyvin.com/news/ford-f-150-transmission-downshift-investigation/ https://problemsbyvin.com/news/ford-f-150-transmission-downshift-investigation/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT On January 30, 2026, NHTSA escalated its investigation into sudden, uncommanded transmission downshifts on 2015–2017 Ford F-150 trucks from a Preliminary Evaluation to an Engineering Analysis. Owners report the truck dropping a gear with no input — sometimes locking the rear wheels and skidding. 329 complaints are on file. We read the federal filing. https://problemsbyvin.com/research/theta-ii-decade/ https://problemsbyvin.com/research/theta-ii-decade/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT A decade of Hyundai and Kia Theta II rod-bearing failure plotted by model year against the recall timeline that chased it. 2013 was the worst year. 2019 brought a software band-aid. 2020 brought a settlement. The cars are still on the road. https://problemsbyvin.com/research/failure-mileage-by-system/ https://problemsbyvin.com/research/failure-mileage-by-system/ Fri, 29 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Owners report each vehicle system failing at very different odometer readings. We pulled 308,855 owner-reported mileages across 7,634 NHTSA problem clusters and aggregated by component category. Tires cluster near 30,000 miles. Engines and suspension at 70,000. The maintenance roadmap on a used car looks nothing like buyers assume. https://problemsbyvin.com/research/not-all-cvts-are-equal/ https://problemsbyvin.com/research/not-all-cvts-are-equal/ Wed, 27 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT They're both called "CVT," but the NHTSA record splits them cleanly. Nissan's belt-and-pulley unit draws about 6.5 times the powertrain complaints per model-year of Toyota's planetary eCVT, with failures clustering around 82,000 miles. The belt is the difference. https://problemsbyvin.com/research/when-things-break-failure-mileage/ https://problemsbyvin.com/research/when-things-break-failure-mileage/ Mon, 25 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT For decades, "at what mileage will it fail?" was a guess. NHTSA's mileage field is now populated in our database, so we plotted ten famous engine and transmission failures by when owners actually filed. Some hit at 14,000 miles. Some hold until 90,000. https://problemsbyvin.com/news/toyota-tundra-v35a-engine-recall-still-no-fix/ https://problemsbyvin.com/news/toyota-tundra-v35a-engine-recall-still-no-fix/ Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Toyota has now recalled the V35A twin-turbo V6 in the Tundra and Lexus LX/GX three times for the same root cause — machining debris that wrecks engine bearings. The November 2025 expansion alone covered 126,691 U.S. vehicles, and the promised remedy has slipped again. We read the NHTSA filings. https://problemsbyvin.com/research/ford-6f35-powershift/ https://problemsbyvin.com/research/ford-6f35-powershift/ Tue, 19 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Everyone knows the Ford PowerShift. Almost nobody talks about the 6F35, which quietly accumulated four times the NHTSA owner complaints at a comparable per-car failure rate. One got a $35M settlement. The other got a software flash. https://problemsbyvin.com/research/where-failures-cluster/ https://problemsbyvin.com/research/where-failures-cluster/ Sun, 10 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT When you actually count up the NHTSA owner complaints filed against the engines and transmissions everybody in the shop world already knows are problems, how big is that pile? We pulled the data and counted.