Ford had the most vehicle recalls in 2025, a total of about 12.9 million cars across 153 models, Motor1.com analysis shows. Behind him are Toyota with around 3.2 million recalled vehicles and the Stellantis group with around 2.7 million, while the rest of the list goes down to around 1.5 million and less.
Motor1 emphasizes that “recall” does not always have to mean the same level of danger, but it varies from serious failures to small things, but that in 2025 the common denominator for many brands was the same type of problem: rear camera problems, fire risks and failures of parts that can affect safety. At Ford, a large part of this number was carried precisely by campaigns related to cameras, but problems such as fuel pumps and injectors and brake hoses are also mentioned.
Toyota is second, but Motor1 notes that the recalls that “inflated” it in 2025 were mostly related to relatively minor defects that add up en masse, for example malfunctions of cameras, instrument panels or reverse lights. Stellantis is third, with a large number of campaigns, and plug-in hybrids with batteries that can be a fire risk are mentioned as an example of major problems.
The list also includes Honda (about 1.5 million), Hyundai (about 1.0 million), General Motors (about 998 thousand), Kia (about 982 thousand), Tesla (about 745 thousand), Volkswagen Group (about 664 thousand) and BMW (about 508 thousand). Tesla is an interesting case because, according to Motor1, in 2025 it significantly “corrected” the figure compared to 2024, when it was at the very top.
This is an American picture of recalls, so it doesn’t always translate directly to Europe, but it is a good reminder of one thing: modern cars have more and more electronics and assistance systems, and that’s where mass recalls happen most frequently, because one mistake can be repeated on hundreds of thousands of vehicles.