Only vehicles with the 360-degree camera are affected. Units equipped with the regular rearview camera do not form part of the recall. The majority of the affected batch is the Explorer (279,700), followed by the Aviator (72,699) and Corsair (30,360).
Notification letters are expected to be mailed on February 20, 2023, directing owners to bring their vehicles to a dealership for examination. Dealers will update the image processing module (IPMB) software at no cost to the owner. The number for this recall is 23S02.
The Blue Oval suffered the most recalls of any automaker in 2022, with a total of 65 recalls affecting 8.6 million vehicles in the USA.