Motorcar Parts Brake Caliper, model year 9999. Filed by Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 4 December 2025. 440 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. (MPA) is recalling certain brake calipers with part numbers BC155111 and BC155110 sold as replacement parts for 2008-2025 Ford E-450 Super Duty vehicles. The caliper piston bore wall may not meet the proper specification, causing the caliper to fracture.
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.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 25E081 cover?
- Motorcar Parts Brake Caliper.
- What is wrong with them?
- Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. (MPA) is recalling certain brake calipers with part numbers BC155111 and BC155110 sold as replacement parts for 2008-2025 Ford E-450 Super Duty vehicles. The caliper piston bore wall may not meet the proper specification, causing the caliper to fracture.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A fractured brake caliper can cause loss of brake fluid and brake pressure, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. MPA will work with and reimburse independent third-party installers who will inspect and replace the rear brake calipers, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 24, 2026. Owners may contact MPA customer service at 1-833-758-0239.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
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 fractured brake caliper can cause loss of brake fluid and brake pressure, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 25E081 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. |
| System at fault | Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Foundation Components:Disc:Caliper |
| Reported to NHTSA | 4 December 2025 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | MOTORCAR PARTS BRAKE CALIPER |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A fractured brake caliper can cause loss of brake fluid and brake pressure, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
MPA will work with and reimburse independent third-party installers who will inspect and replace the rear brake calipers, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 24, 2026. Owners may contact MPA customer service at 1-833-758-0239.
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 25E081, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/25e081/
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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We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 25E081 on 17 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
33e2ec36 - Consequence
69b30c4d - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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