Recall · 26V689000
Ford Motor recalled 4 models over structure
30,123
Vehicles covered
4
Models
5
Model years
October 20, 2026
Filed with NHTSA
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2026-2027 F-150, 2026 F-250 SD, F-350 SD, and F-450 SD vehicles. The left-side tailgate cable may fail under certain heavy load conditions.
- What it can cause
- Tailgate cable failure may allow the tailgate to drop onto the rear bumper, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the left-side tailgate cable, free of charge. Interim letters, notifying owners of the safety risk, are expected to be mailed December 14, 2026. Additional letters will be sent once the remedy is available, anticipated in January 2027. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 26S78. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning December 7, 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 30,123 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 86% of the 19,913 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them 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 structure 52 times before this, most recently in August 2026 as 26V550000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 3 of the 5 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 31 complaints with NHTSA, 26 of them before this campaign was filed. 1 of those name the structure, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 12 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V655000 (seats), 26V653000 (electrical system), 26V606000 (exterior lighting), 26V578000 (fuel system, gasoline).
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 October 20, 2026 as campaign 26V689000. 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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