Vehicle recalls in the U.S. doubled in the second quarter to a total of 7.3 million cars, according to BizzyCar’s Q2 2025 Recall Report. 

It is the highest recall total for a quarter since Q1 2024, when 9.9 million vehicles were recalled, BizzyCar reports. 

Ford represented 45.3% of the recalls in Q2 with 3.3 million recalls. 

Ford has issued 89 recalls in the first six months of 2025, according to Yahoo Autos. It surpasses the annual record for recalls by an individual manufacturer, set by General Motors in 2014 with 77 recalls, the article says. 

According to BizzyCar, back-over prevention was the leading recalled component with 2.59 million vehicles affected. Other major areas included engine and engine cooling (1.14 million) and service brakes, hydraulic (775,000). 

Of the Q2 recalls, 94.6%, or 6.9 million vehicles, pose a risk of crash or injury if repairs are not completed promptly, the report says. 

About 63,000 of the recalls had park outside advisories, and 2,350 vehicles had do not drive recalls. 

Ten of the recalls affecting more than 1 million vehicles can be repaired with over-the-air updates, the report says. That’s about 15% of all recalls in Q2. 

Since the start of the year, 10.7 million vehicles have been recalled.

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