Recall · 26V580000
Ford Motor recalled the FORD Bronco over air bags
2,711
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
September 9, 2026
Filed with NHTSA
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2026 Bronco vehicles. The mounting bracket on the right-hand-side side curtain air bag may have a metal burr that can tear the air bag during deployment.
- What it can cause
- A torn air bag may fail to properly restrain an occupant during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will increase the space between the bracket and air bag to remove the contact condition, free of charge. Interim letters, notifying owners of the safety risk, are expected to be mailed September 15, 2026. Additional letters will be sent once the remedy is available, anticipated in October 2026. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 26S64. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FordBronco | 2026 | 2026 |
How this campaign compares
At 2,711 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 69% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2026, 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 air bags 62 times before this, most recently in March 2026 as 26V201000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 1 model year the campaign names. Their owners have filed 5 complaints with NHTSA, 3 of them before this campaign was filed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 8 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V548000 (engine and engine cooling), 26V468000 (engine), 26V403000 (structure), 26V343000 (engine and engine cooling).
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 26V580000. 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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