1999 Ford F-150 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

FIRE ORIGINATED IN LR QUADRANT OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT. OCCURRED WHILE PARKED AND NOT RUNNING. ORIGIN IS AT MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER. *AK

FIRE ORIGINATED IN LR QUADRANT OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT. VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED AND ENGINE NOT RUNNING FOR 10-12 HOURS PRIOR TO FIRE. FIRE ORIGINATED AT MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER.*AK

I DRIVE A 1999 FORD F-150 PICKUP TRUCK AND HAVE FOUND THAT FAILURE OF EITHER OF THE FRONT WHEEL ABS SENSORS MAKES IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. THE RIGHT SENSOR FAILED IN APRIL .... AND I CRASHED INTO A WALL AT OUR LOCAL HOSPITALS PARKING GARAGE ..FORTUNATELY I WAS ONLY GOING 15 MPH. ($300 DAMAGE TO THE FRONT BUMBER - AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY) NOW THE LEFT SENSOR HAS FAILED. SAME SAFETY ISSUE ... THE VEHICLE'S BRAKE PEDAL GETS VERY HARD AND YOU CAN NOT GET STOPPED. MY TRUCK IS NOT USED FOR DIRTY COMMERCIAL WORK, IT IS A FAMILY USE PICKUP. I PERSONALLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY FORD WOULD PUT A VEHICLE ON THE ROAD THAT COULD EASILY CAUSE BRAKE-LOSS RELATED CRASHES. THE SERVICE REP AT OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP SAID THIS MORNING, " I ALWAYS THOUGHT WHEN THE ABS SENSOR FAILED, YOU JUST HAD REGULAR BRAKES." HE KNOWS NOW THIS IS NOT TRUE. THIS SAME CHASSIS AND BRAKE DESIGN IS PROBABLY USED ON CERTAIN FORD SUV'S, FURTHER EXTENDING THE PROBLEM. *AK

DESPITE DRIVING ON PRIMARILY RURAL PAVED ROADS, BRAKE PROBLEMS (GRABBING) OCCURRED FROM THE TIME OF PURCHASE. BRAKE PROBLEMS WERE NOTED TO THE DEALER AT 34,000 MILES AND 39,000 MILES, AND THE DEALER RESPONDED BY SAYING THE BRAKES WERE EITHER DIRTY OR THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE FACT THAT IT'S A "LIGHT" TRUCK. NEAR-ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED ON AT LEAST TWO OCCASIONS WHEN ONLY 1 BRAKE ENGAGED. AT 50,000 MILES, THE WHOLE BRAKE SYSTEM HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB

BRAKES LOCK UP IF THE VEHICLE SITS A COUPLE DAYS OR WHEN IT RAINS. *TS

THE VEHICLE S BRAKES LOCKED UP AND AS A RESULT THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LINING BROKE. *NLM

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED REAR WHEEL LOCK UP DURING A PANIC STOP SITUATION, VEHICLE SLID AND CONSUMER NEARLY LOST CONTROL, DEALER STATED THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN REGARDING REPLACEMENT OF THE REAR BRAKE SHOES, THIS WAS TO MAKE THE ABS FUNCTION, CONSUMER FEELS HE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CHARGED FOR THESE REPAIRS. *SLC

WHILE FOLLOWING OTHER VEHICLES, THEY STOPPED FOR A TURNING CAR AND WHEN I APPLIED MY BRAKES NOTHING HAPPENED. I WAS PRACTICALLY STANDING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH NO RESULTS. MY TRUCK PLOWED INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER TRUCK WHICH THEN HIT A THIRD VEHICLE. I WAS INJURED AND THE TRUCK I HIT WAS TOTALLED. DT

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

MASTER CYLINDER FAILED WITH NO WARNING. PEDAL DESCENDED TO THE FLOOR WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

ROTORS WEAR OUT TO SOON.*JB

I STARTED HAVEING WARPED BRAKES AROUND 13,000 MILES THIS TRUCK WENT THROUGH 4 BRAKE JOBS I ASKED THE LAST TIME TO SPEAK WITH A FIELD REPRESENTATIVE, BUT WAS DENIED. IN LESS THEN 500 MILES AFTER LAST BREAK JOB I COMPLINED TO THE DEALER THAT SOMETHING WAS LOOSE THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG I WAS PULLING MY BOAT HOME FROM STORAGE DRIVING AROUN 55 MILES AN HOUR I APPLIED THE BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN FOR RAILROAD TRACKS AND THE LEFT FRONT TIRE LOCKED UP PULLING THE TRUCK ACROSS THE ONCOMMING LANE THEN INTO THE ONCOMMING LANES DITCH WHERE THE TRUCK STOPED 6" FROM A TELEPHONE POLE. I CALLED THE OWNER OF THE DEALERSHIP AND ASKED FOR A FORD FIELD ENGINEER TO EXAMINE MY TRUCK. HE SAID HE WOULD GET BACK WITH ME BUT HAS NOT I HAVE CALLED FORD CUSTOMER HOTLINE FOR HELP AND THEY SAID I CAN NOT TAKE IT TO ANOTHER DEALER AND THEY CAN'T GET A FIELD ENGINEER TO LOOK AT IT AND THEY HAVE MADE NO ATEMPT TO FIX MY TRUCK . IT KNOW SITS IN MY DRIVEWAY WITHT THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL LOCKED UP AND METAL SHAVINGS ALL OVER THE LEFT FRONT RHIM. FORD HAS MADE NO ATEMPT TO FIX IT*AK

CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE WOULD PULL HARD TO THE LEFT WHEN BRAKE ARE APPLIED. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. NLM

CRITICAL COMPONENT OF ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILING AT LESS THAN 5000 MILES? FORD MOTOR TREATING AS NORMAL REPAIR ITEM AND EXPECTING CUSTOMER TO PAY HALF OF COST.*AK

BRAKE PEDAL FAILURE, NO ADVANCE WARNING OF THE PROBLEM, FAILURE THEN TO REAR RESULTING IN PEDAL GOING TO FLOOR.

WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 25 MPH ATTEMPTED TO STOP VEHICLE, BUT BRAKES FAILED. TRUCK CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, CAUSING 2 PASSENGERS TO BE TAKEN BY AMBULANCE - NO OTHER INFORMATION AS TO WHAT INJURIES THEY RECEIVED. DEALERSHIP HAD PREVIOUSLY EXAMINED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES FOR COMPLAINTS ABOUT BRAKE SYSTEM. DEALERSHIP HAD REPLACED BRAKE PADS/ ROTORS, AND BRAKE FLUIDS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS / PHOTOGRAPHS.*AK

MY BRAKING PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE FIRST WAS 2/26/2000, ALSO 3/1/2000, 7/13/2000,12/6/2000, 2/2/2001, 4/19/2001,. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE THE BRAKES PULSATE WHEN BRAKING. BUT MOSTLY THEY LOCK UP, AND ALSO THEY WILL SOMETIMES NOT WORK FOR A SECOND OR TWO THEN THEY WILL LOCK UP. THIS HAS OCCURED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, ALMOST RESULTING IN ACCIDENTS.ANY HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED. DALE F. ZIEGELHOFER.*AK

WHEN TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE SHAKES AND VIBRATES. BRAKES ARE DEFECTIVE AND HOLD A LITTLE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

BACK BRAKES LOCK UP FIRST FEW TIMES AFTER STARTUP WHEN IT IS COLD OR WET OR HUMID OUT. *AK

WHILE DECELERATING IN AND APPLYING BRAKES, REAR WHEELS LOST TRACTION AND SKIDED. DRIVER RELEASED BRAKE PEDAL AND REAPPLIED IN AN ATTEMPT TO SLOW DOWN ON EXIT RAMP AND ENTERING CURVE AT APPROX. 40 MPH REAR WHEELS LOST TRACTION AND STARTED TO SKID TO LEFT. DRIVER REGAINED CONTROL. SEVERAL MILES LATER IN HEAVY STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AND DRIVING AT APPROX. 35-40 MPH DRIVER APPLIED BRAKES TO STOP BEHIND A GROUP OF CARS MAKING PANIC STOP. DRIVER WAS APPROX. 4 CAR LENGTHS BEHIND VEHICLE ON WET PAVEMENT AFTER DRIVING APPROX. 1.5 HOURS ON RAINY ROADS. BRAKES LOCKED TWICE, AND WOULD NOT ALLOW DRIVER TO TURN OUT CAUSING DRIVER TO SKID INTO OTHER VEHICLE.*AK

CONSUMER STATEED THAT THE WHEEL LOCKS UP WHILE BRAKING ALSO,THE BRAKE PEDAL, DRUM, ROTORS AND PADS WERE FAILED AND REPLACED. *YH

WHILE BRAKING AT ANY SPEED VIBRATION OCCURRED IN VEHICLE, MORE NOTICEABLE WHEN THERE WAS A LOAD IN TRUCK. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE OVER 10 TIMES AND FOUND THAT A DUST/POWDER WAS ACCUMULATING INSIDE BRAKE DRUM. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THERE WAS NO EFFECTIVE REMEDY FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATES ON FOUR OCCASIONS THE VIBRATIONS CAUSED THE REAR WHEELS TO LOCK AND THEN THE PEDAL WENT SOFT WITH NO BRAKING POWER. *SLC

WHEN PUTTING ON BRAKES PEDAL IT WOULD GO HAVE WAY TO FLOOR BEFORE TRUCK WOULD STOP. *AK

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT ANY WARNING, CAUSING A COLLISION WITH A PARKED VEHICLE. INSURANCE COMPANY WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER TO MAKE THIS REPORT WITH NHTSA. *AK CONSUMER STATES STEERING WAS PULLING TO THE RIGHT WHILE DRIVING AND ALSO STATES THAT INSURANCE DID NOT INVESTIGATE ACCIDENT CORRECTLY. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH BRAKES WENT OUT WHEN TRYING TO STOP. CONSUMER STATED PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR.*AK THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM BUT THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT TWICE. *YH