Ford Brake Pedal Bracket, model year 9999. Filed by Ford Motor Company and reported to NHTSA on 23 September 2020. 62 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain replacement Brake Pedal Brackets, part numbers FR53-2455-AA and FR53-2455-AB. The brake pedal bracket may fracture during sudden stopping.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Ford's own number for this recall: 20S55. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 20E069 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 20E069 cover?
- Ford Brake Pedal Bracket.
- What is wrong with them?
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain replacement Brake Pedal Brackets, part numbers FR53-2455-AA and FR53-2455-AB. The brake pedal bracket may fracture during sudden stopping.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A broken brake pedal could affect braking ability, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Ford will notify the dealers that sold the parts and those dealers will attempt to notify the owners that purchased them. Dealers will replace the brake pedal bracket assembly, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin November 16, 2020.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Ford calls this recall 20S55, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “A broken brake pedal could affect braking ability, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 20E069 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Ford Motor Company |
| System at fault | Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Pedals And Linkages |
| Reported to NHTSA | 23 September 2020 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | FORD BRAKE PEDAL BRACKET |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A broken brake pedal could affect braking ability, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Ford will notify the dealers that sold the parts and those dealers will attempt to notify the owners that purchased them. Dealers will replace the brake pedal bracket assembly, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin November 16, 2020. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 20S55.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 583 notices in the record whose component field names service brakes, hydraulic. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 37 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 20E069, wording as read on 15 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20e069/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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