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Between 3 September 2026, 01:16 UTC and 3 September 2026, 07:32 UTC, the text of the remedy (what the manufacturer will do about it) on campaign 26V448, filed by Ford, was replaced. The authority publishes one version at a time. This is both.
What changed
7 words were removed and 4 were added.
Removed from the earlier version
Added in the version now published
Both versions in full
As we read it on 3 September 2026
Dealers will inspect the roof rail covers and as necessary, repair or replace the push-pins, rail clips, or roof rail covers, free of charge. Interim letters, notifying owners of the safety risk, are expected to be mailed August 24, 2026. Additional letters will be sent once the remedy is available, anticipated in September 2026. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 26S54. This recall expands previous NHTSA recall number 21V316. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on July 16, 2026.
As we read it on 3 September 2026
Dealers will inspect the roof rail covers and as necessary, repair or replace the push-pins, rail clips, or roof rail covers, free of charge. Interim letters, notifying owners of the safety risk, were mailed August 28, 2026. Additional letters will be sent once the remedy is available, anticipated in January 2027. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 26S54. This recall expands previous NHTSA recall number 21V316. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on July 16, 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 26V448 is one of 1,485 notices sealed on 17 September 2026.
- Fingerprint of this notice
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- 1,378 of 1,485
- Seal published that day
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This notice still matches the seal published on that date.
The audit path, 11 steps
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Cite this version
CarsMultiverse (A.I.T. Multiverse Consulting Ltd). "Ford rewrote the remedy on recall 26V448, 3 September 2026." https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/26v448-remedy-2026-09-03/ Sealed 17 September 2026. Notice fingerprint 7a8067159a8ab7a06d8f9dfcbb110fb71bb3483ef0fba63e85cc2c3982adf1eb. 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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