26V340000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
A detached control arm can cause a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
2023 FORD MAVERICK
21 safety recall campaigns, 1 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 1 defect investigation, 111 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
1 campaign covering the 2023 FORD MAVERICK carries NHTSA’s “park it” advisory — the federal government telling owners to stop driving the vehicle until the remedy has been performed. Whether it was performed on any particular car is not something NHTSA publishes in a form anyone can query; a franchised dealer can run the VIN and print the record in a minute, and the repair is free.
The record
Recall campaigns21
Park it1stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints111
Complaints citing a crash6
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 21
26V104000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INTEGRATED TRAILER BRAKE CONTROL
Trailer lights or brakes that do not function can reduce the driver’s ability to control the trailer and decrease the trailers visibility to other road users, increasing the risk of a crash.
25V685000
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:ENGINE BLOCK HEATER
An electrical short circuit can increase the risk of a fire.
25V442000
BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE
A rearview camera that displays a blank image can reduce the driver's view behind the vehicle. A rearview image that continues to be displayed after the vehicle is shifted out of reverse may distract the driver. Both of these situations can increase the risk of a crash.
25V345000
ENGINE
An engine compartment fire increases the risk of injury.
25V158000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BODY CONTROL MODULE/BCM
An undetected low battery charge can result in a loss of electrical accessories such as hazard lights, or cause a loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 16POWER TRAIN
- 14ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 12UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 10SUSPENSION
- 6ENGINE
- 6STRUCTURE:BODY
- 5BACK OVER PREVENTION
- 4SERVICE BRAKES
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2023 FORD MAVERICKs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.