Unfortunate news falls to Ford owners. The automaker has issued two different safety recalls, affecting newer editions of the Ford Expedition, F-Series, Mustang, and Lincoln Navigator.

The first issue is an unseated gear shift cable clip. This affects the 2018 Ford F-150, 2018 Ford Expedition, 2018 Ford F-650 and F-750. The clip is supposed to lock the gear shift cable to the transmission. For some of the aforementioned models, the clip hasn't been fully seated. This can cause the transmission to not be in the position set by the driver. This would potentially allow drivers to move into "park" and remove the key, even though the car isn't actually in park. This could result in the vehicle rolling away unexpectedly.

There is an estimated 347,425 vehicles in North America with this problem. The specific vehicles affected by this are as follows.
  • 2018 Ford F-150 vehicles built at Dearborn Assembly Plant between January 5, 2017, and February 16, 2018
  • 2018 Ford F-150 vehicles built at Kansas City Assembly Plant between January 25, 2017, and February 16, 2018
  • 2018 Ford Expedition vehicles built at Kentucky Truck plant between April 3, 2017, and January 30, 2018
  • 2018 Ford F-650 and F-750 vehicles built at Ohio Assembly Plant between April 25, 2017, and March 9, 2018
Owners of these vehicles can visit their nearby Ford dealership, who will inspect the shift cable locking clip, and adjust it accordingly, at no cost to the driver.

The second issue is a missing transmission roll pin in 2017-2018 Ford F-150, 2018 Ford Expedition, 2018 Lincoln Navigator, 2018 Ford Mustang with 10R80 transmissions.

Certain vehicles will be missing a rill pin that attaches the park pawl rod guide cup to the transmission case. This might cause the vehicle to lose its "park" functionality, despite the shifter being physically set in the park position. Like with the other issue, this leaves the vehicle at risk of rolling away when unattended.

Visiting your local Ford dealership to have the pin installed is a cost-free option to those affected by the issue.

Only 161 vehicles are affected by this recall, they are as follows.
  • 2017-18 Ford F-150 vehicles built at Dearborn Assembly Plant between October 20, 2016, and March 5, 2018
  • 2017-18 Ford F-150 vehicles built at Kansas City Assembly Plant between December 22, 2017 and February 26, 2018
  • 2018 Ford Expedition vehicles built at Kentucky Truck Plant between November 28, 2017, and February 14, 2018
  • 2018 Ford Mustang vehicles built at Flat Rock Assembly Plant between November 6, 2017, and February 12, 2018
  • 2018 Lincoln Navigator vehicles built at Kentucky Truck Plant between December 13, 2017, and March 8, 2018
Stay safe, drivers!