2020 Ford Mustang Recall! Brake pedal bracket could snap during sudden braking

[Lady Bee]

What is this 'brake pedal' thing of which you speak?

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[BimmerDriver]

Some of you guys posted a pic of the date off of your window sticker. I was told that it was the invoice date, not the build date. Wait for the letter before you get all worried about it.

 

[Bikeman315]

Some of you guys posted a pic of the date off of your window sticker. I was told that it was the invoice date, not the build date. Wait for the letter before you get all worried about it.

Just open your door. Thank you GT Pony

 

[Thegipper]

Dumb. Why compromise a part directly related to safety? It should be designed well robust enough to never ever break. Reminds me of the aluminum shift fork. They try to design to narrow margins and it bites them in the rear. Heck, there is even stress analysis software that can show failure points. I know, cheaper, lighter, blah blah but there are limits. You should be able to stomp the he** out of a brake pedal.

Ford: 5 cents is 5 cents.

Chevy is Rolls Royce compared to Ford.

 

[Stonehauler]

Ford: 5 cents is 5 cents.

Chevy is Rolls Royce compared to Ford.

They did not do so out of malice. They merely thought that by switching to a different material, they could save money and/or weight. (probably money). Based on what I read, the engineers didn't put in a big enough safety factor to account for variations in manufacturing, and there wasn't enough of a review of that design to catch it. Had the review taken place, it probably would have been caught and corrected. Had manufacturing been done to tighter tolerances, it would have been fine. Unfortunately, it took both issues to cause this...

As for the transmission issue....I know that once a part has been made and accepted, it's REALLY hard to get a refund out of a Chinese manufacturing plant. Even if it wasn't up to spec, you are stuck with it. If you designed it wrong, that's on you. If the manufacturing plant cut corners and you didn't catch it, that's on you. Unfortunately, I've heard that local inspectors are not as...thorough...as they should be when it comes to those types of issues, for many reasons. The only way to be sure is to have your own people on-site to watchdog the factory. For instance, if you order a cotton shirt with a logo embroidered on it (say 1000 of them), and they put cotton/poly blend shirts in the shipment instead...if you don't catch it before it leaves the factory, you are paying for that batch of shirts. The local inspector might just see the word cotton on both and that's good enough...or they might be encouraged to look the other way (it happened - or still happens - in US factories too). But once the inspector signs off and it's shipped to you, it's yours, no refunds.

 

[Changes]

Build date 12 03 19, and A10, guess I'm going to the dealership too....

 

[5.Oh Crush]

I guess this applies to GT500 as well.

 

[fastergt350]

I guess this applies to GT500 as well.

There is a thread covering that very topic. Look for Mustang Brake Recall.

 

[Thegipper]

I went to Galpin yesterday for an oil change and for the C-pillar rattle. The recall shows up but there won’t be a fix until November.

 

[okfoz]

If they started using them starting in March of 2019, thru August 13, 2020, that would mean that some 2019's should be included... Or was 2019 a short year? Or maybe it was supposed to be March 4, 2020?

 

[2016 GT/CS Laila]

This recall is going to be slow. The official notifications will not go out to the consumers until November and if my Edge break system flex hose recall is any indication, it will be at least six months after that. I have had a message on my Ford app for months on the Edge and I just received the official notification yesterday, They letter states Q1 2021 for a fix.

 

[robot3201]

If you want to see if your mustang is part of the recall just enter your vin here instead of guessing via invoice/manufacturing date:

https://owner.ford.com/tools/account/maintenance/recalls.html

 

[FrankieFigs]

I am very skeptical about this only affecting 2020 models with the part being in use since March 2019. My 2019 was built 06/2019 so I'm sure it has the new brake pedal. Oh well, we'll see what happens. Won't stop me from driving it.

 

[TeeLew]

Awesome, nothing more satisfying than dodging a recall because you're a caveman.

Ditto.

 

[RasJeremy]

If you want to see if your mustang is part of the recall just enter your vin here instead of guessing via invoice/manufacturing date:

https://owner.ford.com/tools/account/maintenance/recalls.html

I tracked my VIN down
Order date: December 30th 2019
Production date: June 22nd 2020

and it HAS a recall notice due to the brake pedal bracket fracture

Guess I'll be using the handbrake and slide sideways untill it has been replaced

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