# NHTSA recall 26V101000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 26V101000
- Manufacturer's number: 26S08
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2026\-02\-20
- Owners notified: 2026\-03\-16
- Component: SUSPENSION:REAR
- Units potentially affected: 412774
- Part numbers: DB53\-5A972\-D\*, DB53\-5A972\-C\*

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain 2017\-2019 Explorer vehicles. The rear suspension toe links may fracture.


## What can happen

A rear toe link fracture can result in a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will replace the toe links, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on March 16, 2026. Owners may contact Ford Customer Service at 1\-866\-436\-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 26S08. This recall is an expansion of previous NHTSA recall number 21V537. Vehicle Identification Numbers \(VINs\) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning February 25, 2026.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 2, for 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-18
- Vehicles in the campaign: 412774
- Reported remedied: 121649 \(29%\)
- Reported unreachable: 13220
- Reported removed: 4

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 2, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2017 FORD EXPLORER](/makes/ford/explorer/2017/recalls.md). Built from 2017\-05\-16.
- [2018 FORD EXPLORER](/makes/ford/explorer/2018/recalls.md)
- [2019 FORD EXPLORER](/makes/ford/explorer/2019/recalls.md). Built to 2019\-03\-03.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [22N01 S1](/bulletins/10232579.md), 2023-03-06, Service bulletin
- [21R01](/bulletins/10226951.md), 2022-12-02, Service bulletin
- [22N01](/bulletins/10208271.md), 2022-02-24, Service bulletin
- [21B14](/bulletins/10189760.md), 2021-04-03, Service bulletin
- [21B14\-S1](/bulletins/10189755.md), 2021-04-03, Service bulletin
- [SSM 48876](/bulletins/10176938.md), 2020-07-07, Service bulletin
- [DOR\-J9K8E\-10](/bulletins/10166446.md), 2019-10-21, Service bulletin
- [17G01\-S2](/bulletins/10144953.md), 2018-09-24, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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