Thousands of vehicles didn’t receive the software update they should have received. Certain Ford and Lincoln models experience an instrument panel issue at startup. Ford and Lincoln dealerships have been instructed to update the cluster’s software. In between issuing recalls for some of its new vehicles, Ford has announced a recall for more than 4,100 examples of the Lincoln Navigator, Lincoln Nautilus / MKX, and Ford Mustang that were recalled in 2019 but may not have been repaired as they should have been. It’s an embarrassing blunder for the firm, which insists it’s getting its quality control issues under control. In February 2019, Ford recalled these vehicles, revealing that the instrument panel may stop working, preventing the gauges from illuminating and preventing warning lights from engaging. The issue was blamed on the 2GB memory chips used in the clusters, and Ford was supposed to have dealers reprogram the cluster to fix the fault. Read: Ford’s Recalling A Quarter-Million Cars Because It Can’t Recall If It Fixed Them In 2018 This initial recall affected 4,212 vehicles, including 1,430 Navigators, 1,824 Nautilus / MKX models, and 958 Mustangs. Fast forward to June 2026, and Ford has issued a follow-up recall for these same vehicles, noting that they may not have actually received the software update, despite being recorded as having the fix. When A Fix Doesn’t Happen The recall involves 4,151 vehicles, all of which are believed to have missed out on the update. These include 1,406 Lincoln Navigator models built between November 4, 2018, and December 15, 2018, as well as 943 Ford Mustangs built from November 5, 2018, to January 15, 2019. The remaining 1,802 vehicles are 2019 Lincoln Nautilus models built between November 6, 2018, and December 21, 2018, which the recall documents list under the older MKX name. Ford retired the MKX badge after the 2018 model year, rebranding the facelifted crossover as the Nautilus for 2019. Ford became aware of a potential issue with recalled vehicles in late 2024, noting that service tool data showed some vehicles hadn’t been updated and that their instrument clusters could still go blank. The car manufacturer plans to alert owners of this new recall on July 6 and will once again instruct them to visit a Ford or Lincoln dealership to have the software updated.