UPDATE: Ford Adds 1.5 Million Vehicles to Door Latch Recalls

Ford Motor Co. is expanding a broad recall of vehicles with defective door latches to 2.4 million units in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. About 85% of the vehicles are in the U.S.

The latest callback adds 1.5 million of the company’s 2012-2015 Focus sedans, 2013-2015 model Ford Escape small SUVs and C-Max MPVs, 2014-2016 Transit Connect vans and 2015 Ford Mustang sport coupes and Lincoln MKC small crossovers.

Ford says in a regulatory filing that the expanded recall will cost about $640 million. The company now expects its pretax profit in 2016 will decline to $10.2 billion from its earlier guidance of at least $10.8 billion.

All affected vehicles have side door latches containing a component called a pawl spring tab that could break and make it impossible to securely fasten the door. Ford reports one crash and three injuries linked to the defect.

This week’s recall is Ford’s fourth in the past 18 months to address various door latch problems. The company called back 212,900 Explorer SUVs in March 2015 with latch spring problems. It added two more recalls covering 545,900 sedans a month later. Last month Ford launched a new campaign covering 828,100 vehicles with flawed pawl spring tabs.