Dearborn, Michigan-based Ford has issued 89 recalls with the NHTSA so far this year, impacting more than 5 million vehicles, according to the federal agency's recall records. That's more safety recalls within six months than any automaker has issued in a year, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Ford Motor Co. has issued recalls for hundreds of thousands of its vehicles, including more than 3,000 made at its two Louisville-area plants.