Recall · 26V340000
Ford Motor recalled 2 models over suspension
Do not drive until repaired. NHTSA issues this where it considers the risk immediate, and it stands until the repair is done.
4,653
Vehicles covered
2
Models
11
Model years
May 27, 2026
Filed with NHTSA
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2021-2026 Bronco Sport and 2022-2026 Maverick vehicles. The front lower control arm ball joints may have been incorrectly installed or incorrectly repaired at the vehicle assembly plant, allowing the control arm to disconnect from the front wheel knuckle.
- What it can cause
- A detached control arm can cause a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Owners are advised not to drive their vehicles until the remedy is completed. Dealers will inspect and repair the front lower control arm ball joints as necessary, free of charge. Interim letters, notifying owners of the safety risk, were mailed June 4, 2026. Additional letters will be sent once the remedy is available. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 26S36. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on May 29, 2026.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
How this campaign compares
At 4,653 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 74% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2021 to 2026, so the oldest vehicles on it were 5 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Ford vehicles have been recalled over the suspension 48 times before this, most recently in February 2026 as 26V101000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 9 of the 11 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 1,635 complaints with NHTSA, 1,397 of them before this campaign was filed. 54 of those name the suspension, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in April 2021, 5 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 63 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V550000 (structure), 26V548000 (engine and engine cooling), 26V239000 (equipment), 26V201000 (air bags).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Ford Motor Company with NHTSA on May 27, 2026 as campaign 26V340000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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