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By vehicles covered, this is one of the largest campaigns on the American register we hold.
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 26V104 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Ford Motor Company |
| System at fault | Electrical System: Integrated Trailer Brake Control |
| Reported to NHTSA | 20 February 2026 |
| Model years | 2021-2027 |
| Vehicles named | FORD E-TRANSIT, FORD EXPEDITION, FORD F-150, FORD F-250 SD, FORD F-350 SD, FORD F-450 SD, FORD F-550 SD, FORD F-600 SD, FORD MAVERICK, FORD RANGER, LINCOLN NAVIGATOR |
What the notice says today
The defect
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2021-2026 F-150, 2022-2026 F-250 SD, F-350 SD, F-450 SD, F-550 SD, Maverick, 2024-2026 Ranger, 2023-2026 F-600 SD, 2022-2027 Lincoln Navigator, Expedition, and 2026 E-Transit vehicles. When towing a trailer, the integrated trailer module (ITRM) may lose communication with the vehicle, possibly causing a loss of brake and turn signal lights, or a loss of brake function. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108, " Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."
The consequence
Trailer lights or brakes that do not function can reduce the driver’s ability to control the trailer and decrease the trailers visibility to other road users, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
The integrated trailer module software will be updated by a dealer, or through an over-the-air (OTA) update, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 25, 2026. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 26C10. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning March 17, 2026.
What it said before
Nothing has changed while we have been watching. We last read the wording of this campaign on 15 September 2026, and it matched the copy we already held.
That copy hashes to 1bf01a762c0511fc2f4bdcac6f1119a0…, so if it is ever edited the change is provable rather than a matter of memory.
This is one of 1,832 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The same recall in other countries
This campaign carries a manufacturer code that also appears in another country’s register, which means the same defect was recalled there too.
- Canada: Transport Canada recall 2026079, recorded 20 February 2026 (within a week of the American filing)
Matched on 26C10, the manufacturer’s own number for this campaign, which is the only field the registers share. Exact match, nothing paired on brand and date. The two dates are adjacent instruments rather than the same one, so a difference of a day or two means nothing.
How often the two countries file on the same day · The European alerts
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Ford E-Transit recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Ford Expedition recalls: 52 US campaigns
- Ford F-150 recalls: 94 US campaigns since 2016
- Ford F-250 SD recalls: 61 US campaigns
- Ford F-350 SD recalls: 71 US campaigns
- Ford F-450 SD recalls: 61 US campaigns
- Ford F-550 SD recalls: 50 US campaigns
- Ford F-600 SD recalls: 11 US campaigns
- Ford Maverick recalls: 45 US campaigns
- Ford Ranger recalls: 38 US campaigns since 2016
- Lincoln Navigator recalls: 50 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 26V104, wording as read on 15 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/26v104/
The copy quoted above hashes to 1bf01a762c0511fc2f4bdcac6f1119a0…. If the notice is reworded later, that fingerprint will not match, which is how a reader checks that the quotation was of the version we say it was.
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 26V104 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
3e618dbc - Consequence
04c42394 - Remedy
9d1c6146
We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
The wording we hold for 26V104 · how the whole register is watched