# NHTSA recall 26V239000

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: 26V239000
- Manufacturer's number: 25S52
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2026\-04\-14
- Owners notified: 2026\-06\-10
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:ENGINE BLOCK HEATER
- Units potentially affected: 55
- Part numbers: JL3T\-6A051\-AB

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain 2025 Maverick and 2026 Bronco Sport vehicles equipped with a 1.5L or 2.0L MPC engine and an engine block heater. The engine block heater may overheat when the vehicle is parked with the block heater plugged in.


## What can happen

An overheated engine block heater can increase the risk of a fire.


## The remedy

Owners are advised not to plug in their block heater until the vehicle is remedied. Dealers will replace the block heater, and inspect and replace the electrical cord if necessary, free of charge. Owners will also have an alternative option to replace the engine block heater element with a threaded plug, and remove the block heater electrical cord. Owner notification letters were mailed June 10, 2026. This recall expands previous NHTSA recall number 25V343. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1\-866\-436\-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 25S52. Vehicle Identification Numbers \(VINs\) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on April 14, 2026.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 1, for 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-17
- Vehicles in the campaign: 55
- Reported remedied: 26 \(47%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

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

- [2026 FORD BRONCO SPORT](/makes/ford/bronco-sport/2026/recalls.md). Built 2025\-06\-16 to 2026\-02\-09.
- [2025 FORD MAVERICK](/makes/ford/maverick/2025/recalls.md). Built 2025\-10\-26 to 2025\-11\-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.

- [SSM 55221](/bulletins/11038438.md), 2026-10-12, Service bulletin
- [TSB 26\-2428](/bulletins/11037776.md), 2026-10-02, Service bulletin
- [TSB 26\-2428](/bulletins/11037775.md), 2026-10-02, Service bulletin
- [SSM 55177](/bulletins/11037422.md), 2026-09-21, Service bulletin
- [TCU\-26.2.12.2.1](/bulletins/11037418.md), 2026-09-21, Over\-the\-air update
- [TSB 26\-2414](/bulletins/11037311.md), 2026-09-14, Service bulletin
- [ECG\-26.2.12.3 Bronco,Esca](/bulletins/11037290.md), 2026-09-11, Over\-the\-air update
- [SSM 55140](/bulletins/11036647.md), 2026-09-02, Service bulletin
- [SSM 55058](/bulletins/11035516.md), 2026-08-03, Service bulletin
- [26E04](/bulletins/11035465.md), 2026-08-03, Emissions

## 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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