NHTSA Opens DP26007 on 2024 Maverick Hybrid Brakes — Petition, Not a Recall

NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened Defect Petition DP26007 on August 24, 2026, covering an estimated 82,040 model-year 2024 Ford Maverick Hybrid pickups. The petition alleges intermittent loss of antilock and regenerative braking with a collision risk. This is a petition — NHTSA is evaluating whether to grant or deny a request to open a defect investigation. It is not a recall, not a Preliminary Evaluation, and not an Engineering Analysis.

Field data attached to the opening is thin: one ODI incident logged as a crash, with zero injuries, zero fatalities, and zero Early Warning Reporting field reports. Owners should VIN-check and document ABS/regen codes at the dealer — not treat DP26007 as proof that every 2024 Hybrid has a brake defect.

Sources

• NHTSA recalls / investigations / VIN lookup — search DP26007 / ODI 11751762
• The BRAKE Report — NHTSA Opens Ford Maverick Hybrid Braking Petition — ODI summary numbers: opened Aug 24, 2026; petition dated Jul 7 / logged Jul 20; pop ~82,040; field table; investigator Jenna Marvel / reviewer Michael Lee / approver Tanya Topka; ODI 11751762
• theautowire, September 6, 2026 — secondary: petitioner alleges codes C052E and U0418 confirmed in OASIS; alleges exclusion from earlier narrow Ford brake-module recalls — petitioner claims only; NHTSA has not verified
• NHTSA.gov — search DP26007 / ODI 11751762

Petition facts

TruckDaily take

Who this is for. Anyone who owns or is shopping a 2024 Maverick Hybrid, plus shoppers who need to know DP26007 is on the federal docket without mistaking it for a recall letter.

Who should skip the shrug. Skip treating a Defect Petition as a confirmed defect. Skip waiting for a recall mailer that does not exist. Skip assuming your Hybrid is “already covered” by earlier narrow Ford brake-module recalls — that exclusion claim is a petition allegation, not an NHTSA finding.

What we’d do. Run the VIN now at nhtsa.gov/recalls and watch DP26007. If ABS, traction, stability, or regen-related codes appear — including anything the shop reads as C052E / U0418 — get them written into the dealer RO every time, even when the fault will not reproduce on the lift. A petition is a request to look, not a free part.

What a Defect Petition actually is

Under 49 U.S.C. § 30162 and 49 CFR Part 552, any person can petition NHTSA to open a defect investigation. Opening DP26007 means ODI is reviewing the filing and supporting material to decide whether to grant (start a formal defect investigation) or deny (publish reasons in the Federal Register). It does not mean Ford has been ordered to recall ~82,040 Hybrids.

The BRAKE Report’s read of the ODI summary puts the population at about 82,040 MY2024 Maverick Hybrids and ties the allegation to intermittent loss of antilock and regenerative braking with collision risk. The attached field table shows a single ODI crash incident and zeros for injuries, fatalities, and EWR field reports. That thin field picture is why the agency is still at petition stage — not PE, not EA, not a campaign number.

theautowire’s September 6 piece adds secondary detail from the petitioner’s public complaint path: alleged OASIS confirmation of codes C052E and U0418, and an allegation that MY2024 was left out of earlier narrow Ford brake-module recalls. Treat those as petitioner claims. NHTSA has not verified them in the material we are using as primary.

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