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NHTSA recall 26V201000

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Campaign
Published byNHTSA (United States)
Campaign number26V201000
Manufacturer's number26C19
ManufacturerFord Motor Company
Reported2026-03-31
Owners notified2026-06-25
ComponentAIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER
Units potentially affected3170
Part numbersSZ6Z-26632A22-A, S1PZ-78632A22-B, S1PZ-78632A22-A
Remedy progress the manufacturer reported
ReportQuarterly report 1, for 2026 quarter 2
Filed with NHTSA2026-07-17
Vehicles in the campaign3170
Reported remedied283 (8%)
Reported unreachable48
Reported removed0

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.

What is wrong

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2025-2026 Bronco Sport and Maverick vehicles. The Occupant Classification Sensor (OCS) unit may fail to correctly detect the presence of an adult or child in the front passenger seat. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."

What can happen

Failure to correctly detect a passenger may result in the air bag not deploying as intended, increasing the risk of injury during a crash.

The remedy

Dealers will replace the passenger seat occupant classification sensor, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 25, 2026. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 26C19. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on April 2, 2026.

Vehicles this campaign lists
2025 FORD BRONCO SPORTBuilt from 2025-07-29.
2026 FORD BRONCO SPORTBuilt to 2025-12-03.
2025 FORD MAVERICKBuilt from 2025-08-08.
2026 FORD MAVERICKBuilt to 2025-09-11.

A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.

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