- Vehicles
- 3,170
- Built between
- Jul 2025 – Dec 2025
- Models
- 2
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 25 June 2026
- Repaired
- 9%
- Unrepaired
- 2,839
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between July 2025 and December 2025. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2025-2026 Ford Bronco SportBuilt July 2025 to December 2025
- 2025-2026 Ford MaverickBuilt August 2025 to September 2025
Repair progress
2,839 of 3,170 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q2 2026.
9% repaired — 283 of 3,170 reported
- Owners not reachable
- 48
Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.
What the defect is
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 could 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.
What gets fixed
Dealers will replace the passenger seat occupant classification sensor, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 25, 2026.
Parts involved
- Occupant Classification System (Ford Bronco Sport)S1PZ-78632A22-AOccupant Classification System (Ford Bronco Sport)
- Occupant Classification System (Ford Bronco Sport)S1PZ-78632A22-BOccupant Classification System (Ford Bronco Sport)
- Occupant Classification System (Ford Maverick)SZ6Z-26632A22-AOccupant Classification System (Ford Maverick)
Part numbers are as filed by the manufacturer and are listed for reference. Your dealer will confirm the correct part for your vehicle.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtJuly 2025 to December 2025
- Recall reported to NHTSA31 March 2026
- Owners notified25 June 2026
- Latest repair reportQ2 2026 — 9% repaired
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 31 March 2026.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Manufacturer contact
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.
Official source
- Manufacturer's recall number
- 26C19
- Recalling manufacturer
- Ford Motor Company
- Safety standard
- FMVSS 208
- Recall initiated by
- MFR
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.