
18 recalls filed against the 2026 model year this quarter.
State of the 2026 model year
A dated snapshot of the 2026 model year's federal recall record, built from NHTSA's own filings. as of 2026-11-04 — figures refresh with each nightly build until the quarter closes, then freeze. Every quarter →
Current quarter · updated nightly until 2027-01-01
In one sentence each
clean or minor record
247 of 302 2026 model years on file are graded A or B on their NHTSA recall record.
graded F
Model years carrying the worst recall record of the year — the most popular: Ford Explorer, Ford F-150.
under an advisory
Park-outside or do-not-drive, the agency's own words, on 2026 model years today.
campaigns filed this quarter
Against the 2026 model year in Q4 2026, covering 721,858 vehicles by the manufacturers' own counts.
How the 2026 model year grades
Source: NHTSA recall record302 model years on file. 21 are provisional — nothing has been filed against a model year that new, so the grade is scored on an empty record and should be read as untested, not as proven.
| Grade | Model years | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 193 | 64% |
| B | 54 | 18% |
| C | 35 | 12% |
| D | 14 | 5% |
| F | 6 | 2% |
The ten most-recalled 2026 model years
Source: NHTSA| Vehicle | Grade | Campaigns | Critical | Complaints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Ford Explorer | F | 15 | 0 | 44 |
| 2026 Ram 1500 | D | 9 | 0 | 103 |
| 2026 Ford F-150 | F | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 2026 Ford Bronco | F | 9 | 1 | 11 |
| 2026 Tesla Model Y | D | 8 | 0 | 439 |
| 2026 Ram 2500 | D | 8 | 1 | 32 |
| 2026 Ford F-250 Super Duty | D | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 2026 Ford Ranger | F | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2026 Ford Maverick | F | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 2026 Ford F-350 Super Duty | D | 7 | 0 | 8 |
Under an advisory
Source: NHTSAThe agency is telling owners to change what they do with the car today — not at the next service. 15 2026 model years.
| Vehicle | Advisory | Grade |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 Cadillac Escalade | do not drive | D |
| 2026 Chevrolet Silverado | do not drive | D |
| 2026 Chevrolet Suburban | do not drive | C |
| 2026 Chevrolet Tahoe | do not drive | C |
| 2026 Ford Bronco Sport | do not drive | F |
| 2026 Ford Maverick | do not drive | F |
| 2026 GMC Sierra | do not drive | D |
| 2026 GMC Yukon | do not drive | C |
| 2026 Subaru Crosstrek | do not drive | C |
| 2026 Subaru Forester | do not drive | C |
| 2026 Volkswagen Atlas | do not drive | B |
| 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 | do not drive | C |
| 2026 Jeep Grand Cherokee | park outside | D |
| 2026 Lucid Air | park outside | C |
| 2026 Nissan Leaf | park outside | C |
Filed in Q4 2026
Source: NHTSA 573 reports, 2026-10-01 to 2027-01-01Campaigns filed in the quarter that name the 2026 model year, by who filed them. Vehicle counts are the manufacturer's own estimate on the defect report.
| Manufacturer | Campaigns | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|
| Ford Motor Company | 4 | 146,181 |
| Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing | 3 | 365,139 |
| General Motors, LLC | 3 | 80,099 |
| Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) | 2 | 21,659 |
| Hyundai Motor America | 2 | 41 |
| Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC | 1 | 93,997 |
| Volvo Car USA, LLC | 1 | 9,930 |
| Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) | 1 | 4,804 |
| Subaru of America, Inc | 1 | 8 |
By make
Source: the fifteen with the most 2026 model years on fileWhat a grade is, and is not
Source: methodA model year is graded on its NHTSA recall record: the grade starts at 100 and subtracts per campaign by severity; A-B is a clean or minor record. 'Provisional' means nothing has been filed against a model year that new, so it scores full marks on an empty record and should be read as untested. Advisories are the agency's own park-outside / do-not-drive flags. Campaign counts are campaign-level: a campaign names model years and build windows, never individual vehicles.
Sources: NHTSA recall campaigns (573 defect reports); NHTSA park-outside and do-not-drive advisories; EPA fueleconomy.gov (the nameplate list). Every figure on this page can be re-derived from the public record and from the JSON and CSV below.
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WhichTrim, “State of the 2026 model year — Q4 2026”, 2026-11-04. https://whichtrim.com/reports/2026-q4/
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