Ford F-650 Sd, model year 2025. Filed by Marathon Industries Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 20 August 2026. 1 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Marathon Industries Inc. (Marathon Industries) is recalling one 2025 Ford F-650 SD vehicle. The deck pins may break, resulting in the liftgate platform falling.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 26V568 cover?
- Ford F-650 SD, model year 2025.
- What is wrong with them?
- Marathon Industries Inc. (Marathon Industries) is recalling one 2025 Ford F-650 SD vehicle. The deck pins may break, resulting in the liftgate platform falling.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A liftgate that falls unexpectedly increases the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Marathon Industries will work with the supplier, Hiab, to inspect the platform bushings and hydraulic systems and replace the deck pins, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed September 2026. Owner may contact Marathon Industries' customer service at 1-661-286-1520.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
- Has this notice changed since it was announced?
- Yes. The remedy was reworded on 5 Sep 2026. Both versions are on this page, with the date each was read.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “A liftgate that falls unexpectedly increases the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 26V568 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Marathon Industries Inc. |
| System at fault | Structure:Body:Hatchback/Liftgate:Hinge And Attachments |
| Reported to NHTSA | 20 August 2026 |
| Model years | 2025-2025 |
| Vehicles named | FORD F-650 SD |
What the notice says today
The defect
Marathon Industries Inc. (Marathon Industries) is recalling one 2025 Ford F-650 SD vehicle. The deck pins may break, resulting in the liftgate platform falling.
The consequence
A liftgate that falls unexpectedly increases the risk of injury.
The remedy
Marathon Industries will work with the supplier, Hiab, to inspect the platform bushings and hydraulic systems and replace the deck pins, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed September 2026. Owner may contact Marathon Industries' customer service at 1-661-286-1520.
What it said before
This notice has been edited since it was first published. NHTSA shows only the current version. Both are below, read straight from the agency at the times shown, with the words that moved marked.
The remedy was rewritten
10 words added, 11 removed. The notice grew from 301 to 296 characters.
Marathon Industries will work with the supplier, Hiab, to inspect the platform bushings and hydraulic systems and replace the deck pins, free of charge. The manufacturer has not yet provided a schedule for recall notification. Owner may contact Marathon Industries' customer service at 1-661-286-1520.
Marathon Industries will work with the supplier, Hiab, to inspect the platform bushings and hydraulic systems and replace the deck pins, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed September 2026. Owner may contact Marathon Industries' customer service at 1-661-286-1520.
Nothing above is our paraphrase. Both columns are the agency’s own text; only the marking is ours.
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 models named here, across their whole recall history
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CarsMultiverse, recall 26V568, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/26v568/
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We first read this notice on 4 September 2026 and have caught it being edited 1 time since.
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