OEM recall campaigns Q3 2024 through Q2 2026. NHTSA disclosure velocity. Owner-notification clarity. Executive visibility. Which OEMs run institutional recall communications, which improvise.
Ford Motor Company — second-largest U.S. automaker, F-Series the best-selling truck in America for 44 straight years. Founded June 16, 1903 by Henry Ford in Dearborn. Jim Farley CEO since October 2020. Ford+ strategic plan announced May 2021. F-150 Lightning unveiled May 2021, Bronco relaunched June 2021, Maverick on sale October 2021. EPR's Ford entity reference.
March 2010: Nissan recalls roughly 540,000 vehicles worldwide for a brake-pedal pin defect and a separate fuel-gauge fault. Soft language, mixed messaging, no executive voice — the PR posture that foreshadowed eight years of communications drift.
