Safety Recall 25S52 - Certain 2024-2025 Nautilus + Other Models/Model Year Vehicles Equipped with an Engine Block Heater System - Block Heater Element Replacement

[Haz]

*** This is an Advance Notice -- This post will be updated when the Full Dealer Bulletin is released ***

 

 

Edited May 28 by Haz

[Haz]

Confirming Ford of Canada's participation in Safety Recall 25S52...

 

 

[Bunky]

It seems every recall had the do not deliver or demonstrate statement. No wonder dealers ignore them,

Edited June 7 by Bunky

[trickyboy]

Does anyone know how long this will take? If it's done in Q4.. means the dealer can't sell these vehicles. 

 

I purchased a Nautlius and it has been held off because of this reason... So, I wonder if this can be a quick fix 

[Haz]

Welcome to the Forum @trickyboy!

 

The replacement block heater will be a different design, so that will require performance and durability testing before the new design is placed into production, followed by replacement block heaters flowing to the ordering dealerships, and eventually, to the Hangzhou Assembly Plant in China.

 

If you are in the USA, it's worth noting that only eleven USA-market 2024-2025 Nautilus vehicles are affected by Safety Recall 52S52, due to their being built with the factory-installed block heater between the specified Build Dates.

 

Attached below as a PDF document is a National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) report that provides the affected numbers of each vehicle model line involved in Safety Recall 25S52 and the chronology of events that is the 'anatomy' of the recall.

 

If you are in Canada, the Transport Canada website did not appear to offer any breakdown like the NHTSA report, but your dealer should be able to determine the affected Nautilus number through Ford of Canada.

 

Has your dealer offered to find you an identical Nautilus that is not factory-equipped with a block heater, and then after you buy that non-Recalled Nautilus, to have their Service department install a new-design block heater, once the revised part is available?

 

Good luck!

 

NHTSA Safety Recall Report - Ford 25S52, NHTSA 25V343 - 05-23-2025.pdf

Edited Friday at 05:08 PM by Haz

[trickyboy]

Hey, thanks again!

 

And yes, I'm in Canada — so quite a few Nautilus units here have been affected by the recall. 😅

 

I'm still actively looking for a solution with my dealership. I contacted them on Wednesday, and they said they were still waiting for official instructions from Lincoln. I called again today, and the sales manager mentioned they might begin deliveries next week, but nothing has been confirmed yet.

 

So frustrated lol. I hope they can come up with something next Monday or Tuesday.