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accession: "0000037996-24-000195"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "F"
cik: "0000037996"
company_name: "FORD MOTOR CO"
filed_at: "2024-11-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T00:40:49.125344+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ford enters NHTSA consent order over 2020 recall, agrees to $165M civil penalty

## Summary
- Consent order resolves NHTSA allegation that 2020 rearview camera recall was untimely; no admission of liability.
- $165M penalty: $65M cash, $55M held in abeyance subject to compliance, $45M for data analytics and testing facility investments.
- Ford to submit monthly Safety Evaluation List, meet quarterly with NHTSA, and hire independent third party to assess compliance.
- Ford will review prior three years of recalls to ensure all impacted vehicles were captured and update as needed.
- Consent order term is three years, extendable one year at NHTSA's discretion.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000037996-24-000195
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: F
- cik: 0000037996
- company_name: FORD MOTOR CO
- filed_at: 2024-11-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/37996/000003799624000195/0000037996-24-000195-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/37996/000003799624000195/f-20241113.htm

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