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.
2026 FORD MAVERICK
6 safety recall campaigns, 1 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 6 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
1 campaign covering the 2026 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 campaigns6
Park it1stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints6
Complaints citing a crash0
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 6
26V201000
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER
Failure to correctly detect a passenger may result in the air bag not deploying as intended, increasing the risk of injury during a crash.
26V157000
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
A detached glass panel may become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
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.
25V884000
STRUCTURE:INTERIOR PANELS:DASHBOARD
An instrument panel cover separation can cause pieces of the cover to strike occupants, increasing the risk injury during a crash.
25V863000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:INTERNAL:PARK PAWL
A loss of park function can allow the vehicle to rollaway, increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 2UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 2VISIBILITY/WIPER
- 1ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 1SERVICE BRAKES
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2026 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.