2001 Ford F-150: brake failure

Filed Nov 25, 2019 · Brakes · 96,000 miles · AZ

Brakes completely failed. No brake pedal. Cruise control release on master cylinder broke open. Luckily it was in a parking lot, not on the highway. Vehicle had no brakes whatso ever.

Filed Jul 31, 2012 · Brakes · 85,000 miles · MA

The brake line running front to back burst due to rust damage as I started to back out of a parking space and the brake pedal went to the floor. Upon further inspection at the service station , there was evidence of severe rusting at virtually all of the brake line attachment points and all brake lines had to be replaced. Due to rust damage.

Filed Feb 7, 2012 · Brakes · 58,453 miles · MD

While returning home, towing 25' pontoon boat, approaching driveway when brake pedal went to floor, no brakes. Fortunately I was able to maneuver the vehicle into my yard and stop with parking brake. Root cause was found to be brake line above driver's side rear wheel had rusted through at fitting causing loss of brake fluid. Upon close inspection, many brake lines, transmission cooling lines, gas tank straps (the latter subsequently replaced per ford recall) are deteriorating due to excessive rust. Although this vehicle is 11 years old, it only has 58,867 original, documented miles, and has not been exposed to excess road salt (mid-atlantic region). I have had to replace brake rotors, calipers, brake shields, egr tube, exhaust system from muffler back, and parking brake assembly all due to excessive, and what I consider, premature rust. If that were not bad enough, yesterday I look under the truck and see a puddle of transmission fluid. One of the transmission cooling lines between the transmission and the upper radiator has rusted through, and once again I will be responsible for the repairs. I have owned many ford products in my 44 years of driving but have never experienced anything of this magnitude with a vehicle of such low mileage. Brake lines rusting out should be considered a significant safety concern. If I had lost brakes while traveling on the highway towing a 3000 lb boat and trailer it could have been disastrous. I feel the gas tank strap recall is a start, but far from addressing the overall issue of undercarriage deterioration with this year/model vehicle.

Filed Dec 20, 2011 · Brakes · 110,885 miles · PA

I have a 2001 ford f-150 that I was using to drop my son off at his friend's house. On the way home my brake pedal went to the floor, I was traveling at about 35 MPH and I was not able to stop at the intersection like I was supposed to. I did manage to drive home with little to no brakes. When I got home I looked in the brake fluid well and there was no fluid in there. I looked at the ground on the drivers side near the rear tire and I saw fluid dripping on the ground. I got under the truck and was surprised to see a lot of brake fluid on the side of gas tank and dripping from the frame. This is a very unusual and dangerous situation. Needless to say, I no longer have the use of my vehicle. I recently took the truck in for recall service to have the gas tank support straps replaced, is possible that the brake line was compromised during the recall work? I have owned many vehicles and this is the first time I have seen something like this. I contacted ford about this unusual incident and they stated that because my truck is no longer under warranty that I should take it to a dealer and have it repaired. The larger issue is that something like this should never happen, warranty or no. What if I had been traveling at a faster rate of speed or entering a busy intersection or a nervous driver. This incident could have ended very badly. The brake lines should not rupture. My concern is whether these was an isolated incident, or have other brake lines ruptured causing accidents and have not been reported.

Filed Aug 30, 2005 · Brakes · 63,000 miles · NY

1.loss of brake fluid, tough to brake, brake light went on 2. Abs module corroded 3. Abs module replaced at my expense($1400.00).

Filed Mar 14, 2005 · Airbags, Brakes · MO · crash · 1 injury

Consumer's vehicle was involved in a frontal collision when another vehicle veered into consumer's lane. Driver applied the brakes and the pedal went to the floor. Driver was unable to maintain control of the vehicle and crashed. Upon impact, both air bags did not deploy. Driver sustained minor injuries, and went to the hospital on his own. Vehicle was towed to a body shop.

Filed Oct 14, 2004 · Brakes · NC

While driving, the ABS light appeared on the dashboard and remained on. The driver applied the brakes and the pedal went to the floor. The driver was able to stop the vehicle. The consumer drove it to the dealer for inspection. The mechanic informed the consumer that the problem could not be duplicated. Please fill in additional information.

Filed Mar 17, 2004 · Brakes · 13,218 miles · CA · crash

While driving 55 MPH brakes failed, causing extended stopping distance which resulted in a collision. The consumer rear ended another vehicle. The insurance company totaled the vehicle. The dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. *ak *sc

Filed Dec 2, 2003 · Brakes · 62,000 miles · TN

While driving 40 MPH brakes failed. No impact reported.

Filed Jan 10, 2003 · Brakes · NJ

While traveling about 5 MPH inside of the a parking lot consumer applied the brakes and the pedal went all the way to the floor.the vehicle had no brakes, consumer had the vehicle towed. Please furnish additional information dealer is aware of the problem.

Filed Aug 24, 2002 · Brakes · TX · fire · 1 injury

Abs brake failure.

Filed Jun 17, 2002 · Brakes · MD · crash · 2 injuries

On dry pavement, the temperature was 70 degrees, and the weather was clear and sunny at 12:30 in the afternoon, in light traffic, when the brakes failed on my 2001 f150 supercrew. During normal braking procedures, with more than adequate spacing between cars, normal braking procedures were employed. There was no response at all from the brakes. This left my wife, the driver, no choice but to leave the road service to avoid a rear collision with a smaller car, in which she hit a road side food stand. The food stand was destroyed and the truck received heavy damage.