Ford Bronco. Published by Transport Canada as 2026188 on 15 April 2026. System: Powertrain.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain vehicles, the transmission may not have been reassembled properly after service. As a result, the transmission output shaft splines and/or the transfer case input splines could wear and fail. If this happens, there could be a loss of power to the wheels, or the vehicle could move when it's parked …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Transport Canada carries this recall as 2026188, dated 15 April 2026. The American register carries the same defect as campaign 26V236, dated 14 April 2026. They are the same defect because the manufacturer filed both under one internal campaign code, 26S26.
| Canada | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Number | 2026188 | 26V236 |
| Dated | 15 April 2026 | 14 April 2026 |
| Register | Transport Canada | NHTSA |
| Make | Ford | |
The two registers are 1 day apart: the American entry is dated first, the Canadian one second.
These are the dates each register records against its own notice. They are separate administrative acts in two countries, recorded by two authorities under two sets of rules, and this page does not claim that one caused the other or that owners in either country were contacted on those days. What it shows is that the same manufacturer campaign reached the two registers on different dates.
Read the American notice 26V236, including every earlier version of its wording this site holds. The Canadian register explains why the manufacturer code is published there and what that makes possible. Canada and America sets every matched pair side by side.
Ford BRONCO in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Ford BRONCO is named on 68 American notices, 2 European and 53 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The European register
The Israeli register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2026188
- Recall date
- 15 April 2026
- Make
- Ford
- Models
- Bronco
- Model years
- 2021 to 2025
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Powertrain
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 302
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain vehicles, the transmission may not have been reassembled properly after service. As a result, the transmission output shaft splines and/or the transfer case input splines could wear and fail. If this happens, there could be a loss of power to the wheels, or the vehicle could move when it's parked and the parking brake isn't used.Safety Risk:
A loss of power to the wheels could increase the risk of a crash. A parked vehicle that rolls away could create the risk of an injury or a crash.Corrective Actions:
Ford will notify owners by mail and advise you to take your vehicle to a dealership to inspect and, if necessary, replace the transmission and transfer case.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2026188.
Ford elsewhere in this register
Ford is named on 818 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2026189 · 15 April 2026 · F-150 · Powertrain
- 2026190 · 15 April 2026 · Ranger · Electrical
- 2026211 · 28 April 2026 · Ranger, Bronco · Seats And Restraints
- 2026162 · 1 April 2026 · Maverick, Bronco Sport · Seats And Restraints
- 2026159 · 1 April 2026 · Aviator, Explorer · Heater And Defroster
- 2026160 · 1 April 2026 · Mustang · Engine
- 2026161 · 1 April 2026 · Navigator, Expedition, F-350 Super Duty · Visual System
- 2026229 · 12 May 2026 · Bronco · Structure
The same system: Powertrain
823 notices in this register name Powertrain. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2026189 · 15 April 2026 · F-150 · Powertrain
- 2026168 · 2 April 2026 · S Class, E Class · Powertrain
- 2026220 · 30 April 2026 · LFS · Powertrain
- 2026143 · 26 March 2026 · Air · Powertrain
- 2026224 · 7 May 2026 · Cherokee · Powertrain
- 2026225 · 7 May 2026 · 2500 · Powertrain
Reading this against the source
This page is what Transport Canada published in the Vehicle Recalls Database, kept as it was read. The authority publishes only its current wording; if a notice is rewritten, the earlier version disappears there and is kept here. The whole register is at /canada, and how the reading is done is set out in the method.
What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Ford Bronco, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Ford: 1,346 in the register, and 405 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2026.
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