If you own any four-door Ford Bronco, from any model year (except the crossover Bronco Sport) you’ll want to read this. If Ford hasn’t yet issued a recall for your SUV’s child safety locks, it’s about to. Ford recalled 2021-22 Broncos back in 2022. Early this year it recalled 2,002 later four-door Broncos. Now it’s expanding that recall by over 1,300%, recalling four-door Broncos up to the 2025 model year. Affected models:

• 2021-present Ford Bronco (4-door configuration)

There has been some recall drama at Ford Motor Company this year. In late 2024, the NHTSA decided Ford had mishandled a software recall supposed to fix failing rearview cameras. It leveled the second largest fine in agency history ($165 million), and ordered Ford revisit every recall it had completed in the past three years.

Before you say that punishment is unfair, know that the result has been 70+ recalls in just six months. Ford has issued recalls for well over 2.5 million individual vehicles. Many of these are software issues that weren’t properly fixed the first time around. But several are build quality problems traced back to individual factories. Some, like this child safety lock issue, are problems Ford had years ago and is still struggling to fix. And that brings us to the Bronco’s child safety locks.

Which Ford Broncos are recalled for child safety locks?

The full-frame Ford Bronco (not to be confused with the crossover Bronco Sport) comes in two flavors. There are the shorter two-door Broncos and larger four-door Broncos. Like any four-door vehicle, the big Broncos are required to have child safety locks. You can open the rear doors, turn a toggle in the door frame, and deactivate the interior door handle. There’s only one problem, they don’t work.

In 2022, Ford issued recall 22S44. It admitted that the passenger-side rear door’s lock might simply not work. You could spin the toggle to activate it, but someone could still open the door with the interior handle. And for Bronco owners with small children, this presented a serious safety issue. So Ford promised to inspect and fix 53,000 SUVs for free. And presumably, Ford would fix the issue before building more Broncos.

Well in May 2025, Ford admitted some of its later four-door Broncos might have a very similar problem. This time though, it was the driver’s side rear door that was failing to latch. The automaker was optimistic that the problem only affected 2,002 Broncos from the 2023 and 2024 model years.

Now in June, 2025, its expanded this second recall by over 1,300%. Ford is recalling 27,000 recent Broncos–up to 2025 model year SUVs–for a child safety lock that may not work. Ford is labeling this newer Bronco issue recall 25S64. Curious if your Ford is subject to an open recall? You can either call your Ford dealership with your VIN handy, or punch your VIN in at NHTSA.gov.