Stellantis is recalling 44,500 hybrid crossover SUVs worldwide because the brake pedal in the vehicles could disengage and stop working. The recall, the company said, includes some 2024 through 2025 model-year Alfa Romeo Tonale plug-in hybrid SUVs and some 2024 model-year Dodge Hornet plug-in SUVs that are based on the same platform.

Carmaker Stellantis said on Wednesday it is recalling 54,000 hybrid crossover SUVs worldwide because the brake pedal in the vehicles could disengage and stop working.

The NHTSA issued a recall notification for 21,069 Dodge Hornet and Alfa Romeo Tonale vehicles over a brake pedal failure.

Stellantis is under pressure from both the White House and the UAW to follow through on its 2023 promise to reinvest in communities

Chrysler-parent Stellantis should make good on its commitments to the United Auto Workers union and to communities impacted by plant closures in the United States, the White House said Wednesday.

A recent report said Stellantis may expand Ram 1500 production in Mexico. The White House says the company should keep its commitments in the U.S.