Fire originated in lr quadrant of engine compartment. Occurred while parked and not running. Origin is at master brake cylinder.
1999 Ford F-150 brakes complaints
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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.
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.
Brakes lock up if the vehicle sits a couple days or when it rains.
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.
The service manager indicated two of the brake rotors had completely rusted and two of the lower ball joints needed to be replaced. *jg
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
Consumer states the emergency parking brake cable broke from the connector, while applying the brake. Dealer was not notified at this time. Nlm
Master cylinder failed with no warning. Pedal descended to the floor when brakes were applied. Please describe details.
We purchased this truck in oct 1999 new, we have had it in the shop 4 times for the brake problem. It first started out with the brakes locking up when it was damp out, they could not find a problem at that time .the next time they said it was the axel seal leaking. On july 11, 02 they said it was the brake shoes , which with only 35838 miles on the truck how could that be .the brake shoes was replaced at that time. Now today I was going down the road and the back rear brake started growling, so I stopped to see what the problem was , I removed the back tire and removed back hub and found pin to wheel cylinder laying in the hub. I called a wrecker to come and get me and my truck , went to dealer where I purchased it and stayed there just about all day .thank you very much for hearing my complaint.
Truck was unstable with cause unknown by dealership. Owner has taken vehicle in for corrective action several times, however nothing has changed. Vehicle vibrates excessively when at idle with RPM gauge fluctuating up/down. *ak consumer states that the engine runs rough, oil level dropped and there was a clicking noise in which the dealer replaced the fan blade and fan clutch. Rear brakes experienced grinding, dealer applied a silencer to the front and rear brake pads. Consumer has experienced several problems with the A/C and heater, problems still exists. Vehicle uses a lot of gas, idles rough and experiences small hesitation upon acceleration. Vehicle kicks into gear. Vehicle drifts to the right, while driving at higher speeds, vehicle and steering wheel vibrate. Driver side rear view mirror rattles when closing door, when everything is closed there is an outside noise, dealer resealed the windshield. When turning on the lights, the clock and A/C are delayed. There is a whining noise when turning steering wheel. Window control buttons stick at times, dealer replaced the window switch.
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.
Rotors wear out to soon.
No summary listed for above vehicle.
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.
Consumer states the vehicle would pull hard to the left when brake are applied. Manufacturer was notified. Nlm
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
When traveling about 65mph on highway vehicle shakes and vibrates. Brakes are defective and hold a little. Dealership is aware of problem.
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.
Consumer stateed that the wheel locks up while braking also,the brake pedal, drum, rotors and pads were failed and replaced.
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.
While lowering passenger side rear tire after changing....truck lurched forward off jack while parking brake on, in park, 98% of truck was in garage on level concrete, front tires on only slightly sloped asphalt. Truck rolled 10-12 inches before stopping. Danger of too easy rolloff and inadequate parking brake.
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 the federal safety agency. *ak consumer states steering was pulling to the right while driving and also states that insurance did not investigate accident correctly.
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.
When putting on brakes pedal it would go have way to floor before truck would stop.
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.
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.
At 25,000 miles brakes failed to stop vehicle. Has been in shop 3 times for same problem which was not resolved. Was informed front end needed to be redesigned. There was no corrective solution for brake failure.
Back brakes lock up first few times after startup when it is cold or wet or humid out.
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