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Recall summary
- 1,218 vehicles affected in Australia
- Make and model as printed: Ford Mach-E
- Year range: 2023
- Defect: the rear quarter glass trim moulding may detach from the vehicle while driving
- Remedy: inspection and repair at an authorised Ford dealer, free of charge
- Contact: Ford Customer Relationship Centre, 13 FORD (13 3673)
- Notice: REC-006732, Ford campaign 26S56, first published 28 September 2026
Ford Motor Company of Australia has recalled 1,218 Mach-E over a piece of exterior trim that can come off while the car is moving. The notice is REC-006732 on the federal Vehicle Recalls register, Ford's own campaign number is 26S56, and it was first published on 28 September 2026.
The register prints the make and model as Ford Mach-E with a year range of 2023. That is the whole scope as published. There is no grade split, no battery split and no drive-type split on the notice, so anything finer than "a Mach-E in the 2023 year range" is not named on the notice and is a question for your VIN.
What the notice says is wrong
In the register's words: "Due to a manufacturing defect, the rear quarter glass trim moulding may detach from the vehicle while driving."
The notice names the part and nothing more. It doesn't describe how the moulding is fitted or what the inspection involves, and the people it names in the hazard are other road users and bystanders.
The notice puts it this way: "If the rear quarter glass trim moulding detaches from the vehicle while driving, it could increase the risk of an accident, causing serious injury or death to other road users and bystanders." A strip of trim leaving a moving car becomes something the driver behind has to deal with. That is the whole case, and the notice does not claim anything beyond it.
What owners should do
The register's instruction is short: "Owners of affected vehicles will be contacted in writing by Ford, requesting they contact an authorised Ford dealer to arrange inspection and repair, free of charge." Ford adds that owners can contact any authorised Ford dealer or call 13 FORD (13 3673), where a Customer Relationship representative can help.
You do not have to wait for the letter. The notice carries a downloadable VIN list, so if you want an answer today, open REC-006732 on the register and check your VIN against it. The notice does not carry a do-not-drive instruction.
If you are shopping for a used Mach-E
This is a cheap check to add to a used-EV inspection. Ask the seller for the VIN before you go and look at the car, run it through the register, and if it comes back on the list, ask whether the campaign has been attended to. If it has not, that is a reason to get it booked rather than a reason to walk, because the work costs the owner nothing whoever the owner is.
Worth being clear about one thing: the cars we list under this nameplate are the current Australian grades, Select, Premium and GT, and the notice prints a year range of 2023 only. Use our pages for what the car is and what it costs today, and use the register for whether a specific VIN is caught.
Same size bracket of electric SUV, so it is the obvious thing to line a Mach-E up against.
The other used-EV number to sanity-check
While you have the VIN out, the number that decides whether a used electric SUV suits you is range at the speed you drive, not the lab figure. WLTP is measured on a gentle test cycle. Sit on 110km/h on a hot day with the air-conditioning working and it falls short. Pick any mid-size electric SUV below to see how much speed and temperature take out of a lab figure.
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Contacts on the notice
- Ford Customer Relationship Centre: 13 FORD (13 3673)
- Ford Australia recalls: ford.com.au/owners/recalls
- Official register: vehiclerecalls.gov.au/recalls/rec-006732
- Ford campaign number: 26S56
See also: Honda recalls 554 Civic, Accord and ZR-V | every Ford we list.
Disclaimer: Recall details are sourced from notice REC-006732 (Ford campaign 26S56), first published on the Vehicle Recalls register at vehiclerecalls.gov.au on 28 September 2026. The responsible regulator named on the notice is the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts. The unit count and the affected year range are accurate at time of publishing and can change if a campaign is extended. Confirm any individual vehicle with Ford on 13 FORD (13 3673) or against the VIN list on the notice. Read our methodology for how we source and verify recall data.