Recall · 26V579000
Ford Motor recalled the FORD Transit over seat belts
1,945
Vehicles covered
1
Model
2
Model years
September 9, 2026
Filed with NHTSA
SEAT BELTS: REAR/OTHER:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2026-2027 Transit vehicles. The wireless seat belt reminder system (SBR) within the rear seat belt buckles may malfunction and fail to show a change in buckle status.
- What it can cause
- A faulty seat belt status indicator may fail to alert occupants to an unfastened seat belt, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect the rear seat belts and replace the wireless seat belt buckles, as necessary, free of charge. Interim letters, notifying owners of the safety risk, are expected to be mailed September 21, 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 26S67. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on September 10, 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 .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| FordTransit | 2026 to 2027 | 2026 |
How this campaign compares
At 1,945 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 65% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2026 to 2027, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2026, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Ford vehicles have been recalled over the seat belts 47 times before this, most recently in May 2026 as 26V344000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 2 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 5 complaints with NHTSA, 3 of them before this campaign was filed.
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 September 9, 2026 as campaign 26V579000. 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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