Owners of this vehicle were written to on 2 September 2026. The remedy was reworded on 9 September 2026, 7 days later, so the letter described the earlier version. Both versions are shown on this page. Back to the campaign.
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Between 9 September 2026, 01:19 UTC and 9 September 2026, 07:05 UTC, the text of the remedy (what the manufacturer will do about it) on campaign 26V340, filed by Ford, was replaced. The authority publishes one version at a time. This is both.
What changed
21 words were removed and 5 were added.
Removed from the earlier version
Added in the version now published
Both versions in full
As we read it on 9 September 2026
Owners are advised not to drive their vehicles until the remedy is completed. Dealers will inspect and repair the front lower control arm ball joints as necessary, free of charge. Interim letters, notifying owners of the safety risk, were mailed June 4, 2026. Additional letters will be sent once the remedy is available. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 26S36. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on May 29, 2026.
As we read it on 9 September 2026
Owners are advised not to drive their vehicles until the remedy is completed. Dealers will inspect and repair the front lower control arm ball joints as necessary, free of charge.Owner notification letters were mailed September 2, 2026. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 26S36. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on May 29, 2026.
Sealed
The version now published is fingerprinted, and that fingerprint is folded into a single number we publish once a day and cannot quietly recompute. It was fixed before you read this page. Follow the path below and you arrive at the seal we had already published: how the seal works.
The wording we publish for 26V340 is one of 1,485 notices sealed on 17 September 2026.
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Cite this version
CarsMultiverse (A.I.T. Multiverse Consulting Ltd). "Ford rewrote the remedy on recall 26V340, 9 September 2026." https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/26v340-remedy-2026-09-09/ Sealed 17 September 2026. Notice fingerprint 528dcbaa23ce5c0ef2399f75eb5044cd457ef1b43e7c84f731e63604324517d2. Seal e7c86f595a518db997256229171466dd7bf6a65da9fae34f5cb501b24189fd88.
If this is your car
The fix itself was reworded. If this recall has already been carried out on your vehicle, it was carried out to whatever the instruction said at the time. If it has not been, book it - the repair is free either way.
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