Ford Motor Company: Power Train:Automatic Transmission (2021 FORD BRONCO, 2022 FORD BRONCO, 2023 FORD BRONCO…)
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The text below is copied from the official NHTSA record. If anything differs, the official notice is correct.
- Company / brand
- Ford Motor Company
- Product
- 2021 FORD BRONCO; 2022 FORD BRONCO; 2023 FORD BRONCO; 2024 FORD BRONCO; 2025 FORD BRONCO
- Reason / hazard
- Excessive wear of the transmission and transfer case splines may result in a loss of drive power or vehicle rollaway, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What to do (remedy)
- Dealers will inspect the transmission to transfer case joint and replace the transmission and transfer case as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 9, 2026. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 26S26. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on April 15, 2026.
- Distribution / sold at
- Potentially affected: 4922
- Defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2021-2025 Bronco vehicles. The transmission to transfer case joint may be misaligned due to an incorrectly performed previous repair, which could lead to wear of the transmission output shaft splines and transfer case input splines.
- Component
- POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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