Ford recall 26V550: 2026 Maverick, F-150, and Bronco Sport

What the notice says today

The defect

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2026 Maverick, F-150, and Bronco Sport vehicles. Certain vehicle joints may be improperly tightened. This can lead to detached parts, unsecured cargo, degraded crash protection, electrical system failure, or a loss of vehicle stability.

The consequence

Improperly tightened vehicle joints may lead to a loss of vehicle control, electrical failure, or detached parts, increasing the risk of a crash or fire.

The remedy

Dealers will inspect and tighten the vehicle joints or repair and replace the joint retention mechanisms as necessary, free of charge. Owner notifications letters are expected to be mailed September 21, 2026. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 26S60. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on August 26, 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 668dfcc0d7c6399df532b2b070f94fb8…, so if it is ever edited the change is provable rather than a matter of memory.

This is one of 901 notices in the record whose component field names structure. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 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 2026409, recorded 25 August 2026

Matched on 26S60, 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 Sport recalls: 32 US campaigns
• Ford F-150 recalls: 94 US campaigns since 2016
• Ford Maverick recalls: 45 US campaigns

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.