A sensor glitch could cause the transmission to suddenly shift into first gear at any speed. Ford has issued a new recall the F-150 that affects 552,188 trucks built for the 2014 model year.

In 2019, Ford recalled roughly 1.2 million model year 2011 through 2013 F-150s for the same issue. The problem results from a loss of signal between a speed sensor and a control module that ...