Ford's Latest 2018-2022 Ford Safety Recall Is So Big That Your Explorer Might Already Be Recalling Itself Before You Even Get the Letter
DETROIT—In a move that has auto historians and memelords alike clutching their collective chests, Ford Motor Company has expanded its massive 2018-2022 Ford safety recall to cover nearly every SUV and pickup that dared to exist during the peak of the "Moonlander" dashboard era. The recall, which now affects over 1.3 million vehicles, is for a transmission issue that can cause the car to roll away even when in park.
Internet sleuths have already dubbed this "The Self-Driving Parking Lot Rebellion," with memes flooding X/Twitter showing a 2019 Ford Explorer casually reversing into a lake while the owner is still holding their Starbucks. The irony? Ford’s official statement assures customers that "a fix is in development," which is corporate speak for "we saw your viral video of the truck doing donuts in the Target parking lot and, yeah, we should probably look into that."
As one viral tweet put it: "2018-2022 Ford owners are living in a real-life 'Final Destination' sequel where the only hazard is trusting Park." Welcome to the recall-ocalypse, folks.