Ford Bronco Sport, Ford F-150, Ford Maverick, model year 2026. Filed by Ford Motor Company and reported to NHTSA on 25 August 2026. 23 vehicles potentially affected.
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Ford's own number for this recall: 26S60. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 26V550 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “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.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 26V550 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Ford Motor Company |
| System at fault | Structure:Body |
| Reported to NHTSA | 25 August 2026 |
| Model years | 2026-2026 |
| Vehicles named | FORD BRONCO SPORT, FORD F-150, FORD MAVERICK |
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 17 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 . 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
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 26V550, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/26v550/
The copy quoted above hashes to 668dfcc0d7c6399df532b2b070f94fb8…. 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.
Other Ford notices we hold
- 26V579: 2026-2027 Transit
- 26V578: 2023-2027 F-150
- 26V577: 2026 F-150
- 26V576: 2026 F-150
- 26V548: 2026 Explorer, Bronco, Bronco Sport, Mustang, and Ranger
- 26V547: 2024-2026 Mustang
- 26V532: 2026 Explorer
- 26V489: 2021-2023 F-150 and 2023-2026 F-250 SD
All 776 Ford campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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 26V550 on 17 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
1680e1b4 - Consequence
0e706e50 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 1 September 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 26V550 · how the whole register is watched
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