Braun Corporation (Braun) is recalling certain 2026 Ram ProMaster vehicles. The rear bench may have only two of four seat legs installed. An incomplete seat may fail to properly restrain an occupant during a crash. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 207, “Seating Systems.”
Affected VINs should be searchable now at the NHTSA website.
Here is the relevant information from the NHTSA Recall notice:
NHTSA ID Number: 26V280
Manufacturer: Braun Corporation
Components: SEATS
Potential Number of Units Affected: 14
Estimated percentage with defect: 100%
Descriptive Information:
The rear aftermarket bench seat in impacted vehicles does not comply with FMVSS 207 regulations. The seat is required to be installed with four legs to meet FMVSS 207, but the affected vehicles were shipped with only two legs.
Description of defect or noncompliance:
The rear aftermarket bench seat in impacted vehicles does not comply with FMVSS 207 regulations. The seat is required to be installed with four legs to meet FMVSS 207, but the affected vehicles were shipped with only two legs.
Description of the cause:
The affected seats require four legs per seat to meet FMVSS 207 compliance; however, only two legs were installed. Seat components are supplied separately and require in-house assembly. Although the bill of materials (BOM) correctly specifies four legs, the assembly instructions for this new product line were not properly followed, resulting in incomplete installation of the seat legs.
Identification of any warning that can occur:
No warning. Seat does not meet FMVSS 207 compliance.
Chronology
4/28/2026 – An experienced BraunAbility employee identified a concern when a ProMaster vehicle was being prepared for shipment. Employee observed that only two legs were installed on the rear bench seat, instead of required four.
4/29/2026 – BraunAbility promptly initiated an internal review and identified all units that may have been produced with this condition.
4/29/2026 – BraunAbility notified affected dealers and instructed not to deliver any potentially impacted units to customers.
5/1/2026 – BraunAbility submitted a voluntary safety recall report to NHTSA for the affected population of vehicles.
Remedy
Description of Remedy
Remedy Type: Repair
Description of remedy program:
The two additional seat legs will be shipped along with instruction for our dealer to install prior to these units being sold to a customer.
How remedy component differs from recalled component:
The remedied components will have four legs on the impacted seat. The recalled seat only has two legs installed.
Description of recall schedule:
Dealers have already been verbally notified not to sell/deliver these units. No impacted units have been delivered to customers yet so only dealers will be formally notified in order to correct and repair prior to delivery to an end customer.
