Ford recall 26V548: 2026 Explorer, Bronco, Bronco Sport, Mustang, and Ranger

What the notice says today

The defect

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2026 Explorer, Bronco, Bronco Sport, Mustang, and Ranger vehicles. The engine piston domes may have been manufactured incorrectly, which can result in piston dome failure and lead to a loss of drive power.

The consequence

An unexpected loss of drive power increases the risk of a crash.

The remedy

Dealers will inspect the engine pistons and replace the engine long block, if necessary, free of charge. Interim letters, notifying owners of the safety risk, are expected to be mailed September 4, 2026. Additional letters will be sent once the remedy is available, anticipated in December 2026. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 26S61. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on August 28, 2026.

What it said before

Nothing has changed while we have been watching. We last read the wording of this campaign on 5 September 2026, and it matched the copy we already held.

That copy hashes to 53d2989f7b304e18a532a790b8c1629e…, so if it is ever edited the change is provable rather than a matter of memory.

This is one of 586 notices in the record whose component field names engine and engine cooling. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 47 days.

Last checked 5 September 2026. 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 2026411, recorded 26 August 2026

Matched on 26S61, 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 Bronco recalls: 47 US campaigns since 2016
• Ford Bronco Sport recalls: 32 US campaigns
• Ford Explorer recalls: 81 US campaigns
• Ford Mustang recalls: 41 US campaigns
• Ford Ranger recalls: 38 US campaigns since 2016

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.