My 04 ford f150 supercrew 4x4, at 10,000 miles noticed brakes and rotors starting to wear. At 17,000 miles they were destroyed. Talked to the dealer and he said that it was normal wear and would cost me over $400 to fix it. The trucks under warranty, why should I pay for a manufacturer flaw in the brake system. I called ford direct and got someone who was reading answers out of a book and was absolutely no help. I e-mailed ford and their response was all dealers are independent and can charge whatever they want!! And never did give me an answer about my brakes. I finally talked to a friend who's father ia high up the ford ladder. He had someone give me a "deal" and repair my truck at a small cost. Why should I have to get a "deal" when my truck is still under warranty? New brakes have 500 miles on them and already see the new rotors starting to groove!!! Ford has not helped one bit in this problem I own two fords, cant wait to get rid of them. There will be no more fords in this family!!
2004 Ford F-150 brakes complaints
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I have discovered what may be a factory defect in the 2004 ford f150 truck in relation to design and application. I just spent $500 in putting on new front rotors on my truck, however there was plenty of life left on the front pads. So if the rotors have to be replaced after 40,000 miles when the front pads are still good, then there is a problem.
While traveling on I-10 vehicle vibrated violently. Once while traveling approximately 55 MPH and once at 65 MPH. During the incidents the vibration was not isolated to one part of the vehicle but the whole vehicle vibrated. After inspecting the vehicle the next day in daylight I noticed the following: 1. All wheel rims were completely covered with brake dust. Even though I had just washed the vehicle prior to starting the 1,000 mile trip from houston, tx to green cove springs, fl. 2. All wheel rims had what was either brake fluid or melted wheel grease on the surface. 3. All four tires were damaged by the vibration I.e., tread had started to delaminate from the tire. Tires had approximately 28,000 miles at the start of trip and were in good condition with no tire worn to wear bar. 4. All four tires had scuff marks that appeared as if the tires had been run low on air. 5. The front rotors on the outside surface were the brake pad made contact were grooved beyond what should have been present on a vehicle with 29,000 miles on the odometer. Metal shavings were present on the front wheel rims. 6. The rear rotors were also grooved on the outside with the inside appearing as if the brake pad was not making contact with the rotor surface I.e., only outside pad is making proper contact. I took the 2004 ford f-150 to the ford dealer located in green cove springs, fl for correction of the above problems. Service manager initially resisted admitting that anything was wrong with the vehicle until a maintenance tech walked by and said he had a "tsb on that". Dealer subsequently replaced the front rotors, calipers, and pads. However, the service manager would not admit the vibration caused the damage to the tires. The rear calipers, rotors, and pads were not serviced or changed. Further, the service manager could not or would not admit to original problem with the vibration being fixed.
Failure of rear calipers on 2004 ford f-150 truck causing tires to lock up or violent shaking in front end.
Felt like a flat first time it happened, but there was no flat. Heavy vibration. Dealer can't service under warranty without duplicating it. Put my hand on right rear rotor, it was hot and the other 3 rotors were not. I suspect it is a bad piston in caliper or a faulty e-brake. I am going back to dealer again.
Defective b. F goodrich long trail ta tires (265r60 18) ford f150 lariat appear to have a design defect causing a very harsh ride & shuddering upon stopping. When attempting to stop in the rain, the shuddering caused the anti lock brake module to malfunction and resulted in loss of control of the vehicle. Ford is aware of the tire defect (a letter was received) yet has declined to replace the tires.
The brakes began to shimmy and shutter and there was vibration from the rear when driving. *nm the problem started three months after the vehicle was purchased and recurred every three, four or five months. Four repairs did not eliminate the problem so a fifth repair was required on jan 25, 2006 with 32040 miles. During the five repair the rotors were resurfaced twice and replaced three times. The brake pads were replaced three times and the front brake calipers were replaced once.
3/23/06 took my truck into dealership for what seemed to be the front left caliper sticking (truck felt like brake was continuously pressed, area smelled strongly of burned rubber). Dealership stated they took left front wheel off and found no problems, truck was okay to leave in. 4/6/06 - while pressing brake pedal, it went all the way to the floor and brakes were hardly operable. While driving to dealership, brake pedal would continuously alternate between working okay and depressing all the way to the floor. Dealership acknowledged lack of brake functioning and stated that is was a safety hazard and advised me that they would replace master cylinder. Kept truck overnight. 4/14/06 - same exact problem as on 4/6/06. Dealership again acknowledged lack of brake functioning and stated safety hazard. Dealership stated that the new master cylinder that they put in must have been defective and that they would need to keep the truck over the weekend in order to get another new master cylinder in and replace it again. 4/24/06 - same exact problem again. Dealership acknowledged lack of brake functioning and safety hazard. Dealership told me that the master cylinder push rod was not adjusted properly. Adjusted push rod while I waited. 5/18/06 - once again, brake pedal goes all the way to floor. Drove straight to dealership & was informed of safety hazard and that they need to keep it overnight, because they are not sure what is wrong. I don't believe any consumer should be stuck with a vehicle that becomes potentially dangerous without warning and that has been in the ford repair shop 5 times in 2 months for the same thing. I do not feel safe driving the vehicle due to the number of incidents and the dealerships lack of being able to correct it. I am now stuck with a $16,000 payoff on a possible death machine and I think someone higher than the dealership should seriously review my situation before this happens again.
Driving at highway speeds, a severe vibration occurred. Rear parking brakes lockup without warning, required replacement of rear parking brakes.
The brakes began to shimmy and shutter and there was vibration from the rear when driving.
The brakes began to shimmy and shutter and there was vibration from the rear when driving.
2004 f-150 super crew - taken back to dealer starting approximately 3 months from purchase for severe squealing and pulsating, it's going back for the 6th time next week. The rotors and brakes were replaced twice and some kind of spray (yeah right) and still not fixed. Now severe shaking at any speeds very intermittent, and always pulsates like warped rotors including squealing all the time. Oh yeah the rear end clutch packs were also replaced three weeks after purchase.
Loss of braking. Brake pedal went to the floor. Could pump up brakes for partial braking, but brakes would not hold. Vehicle was towed to bartow ford, bartow, fl on 3/29/06, but was not looked at until 3/30/06. Service department could not replicate the problem and could find nothing wrong. Tow truck operator mentioned to me that he had towed another 2004 ford f-150 the previous week that had the same problem with loss of braking.
2005 ford f-150. Recurring brake problem in approx 28,000 I have had the vehicle back to the dealer 5 times as brakes squeal and grind. Approx every 4 - 5,000 miles, the same problem occurs.
2004 f150 brakes began to shimmy and shutter 3 months after purchase. Rotors and brakes were resurfaced and replaced. *ts ***no answer required*** about three months after the vehicle was purchased the consumer began have problem with the brakes. The dealer has replaced the rotors 3 time, resurfaced them twice, replaced the brake pads three times and replaced the front calipers once. The rear end was replaced on dec 2, 2004 because of vibration and bad bearings.
I have a new ford f150 super crew that has had three sets of rotors , stabilizer bars, tires, brakes, brake cluster, etc. I now have 18,000 miles on this truck and it is needing another set of rotors now. It is completely unsafe to drive and we have children and are afraid to take them any where in this vehicle. I have other that I can provide info that has had the same problems. I need help with this and I am going to explore every avenue possible to see that no one is injured do to this defect.
Dt: the contact stated she had an ongoing failure of the brakes. The vehicle was serviced by the dealership nine times. The pads and rotors were replaced six times. A manufacturer's engineer inspected the vehicle. He made several suggestions to the dealership. The dealership implemented these suggestions although the aforementioned problems recurred. Also, the transmission started slipping while driving. It was inspected by the dealer, and they were unable to determine the cause of the problem.
Dt: the contact's wife was driving the vehicle and the brakes were not working properly. While traveling down hill there where no brakes. This, in turn, caused the contact's vehicle to rear end another vehicle. This accident involved four other vehicles which sustained damages. This crash was a frontal impact .upon impact, the air bags did not deploy. There were no warning lights prior to the accident. The vehicle was towed to a body shop for inspection .the vehicle was under warranty.
Front brakes pulsate. Severe pulsation when applying brakes at freeway speeds. Front end shakes violently. First repair (rotor replacement) at 10578 miles. Second repair (rotor replacement) at 16141 miles. Third repair (machine rotors) 21260 miles.
Dt: the contact owns a 2004 ford f150. The rear end failed seven times. The contact took the truck to service dealer on 9-28-05, and the service dealer acknowledged that there was a problem, but stated that the contact could drive the vehicle , and advised him to call customer care because there was going to be a disagreement between customer care and the dealership as to who was going to fix the vehicle. The vehicle was still under warranty. On 10-03-05 the contact drove the vehicle at 45-50 MPH and while pulling a work trailer he heard a loud noise. The brakes locked and then the rear end locked up. *sc .
Dt: the brakes failed on 8-21-05. The consumer was driving when the brakes went out, resulting in a collision. The consumer noticed that the clamp on the breather was rubbing the brake line. The consumer stated there were no previous problems with the vehicle. The consumer was in the process of having the repairs done.
Rear brakes applied without prompting truck vibrated wildly causing loss of control. Result right rear emergency brake cable detached from seat, rear brakes burnt down to 33 mm. Brake rotors out of true. Tires wearing irregularly.
Since 3000k miles my truck would shimmy/shake violently to the point I would have to pull off the road. After multiple times to dealeship problem still there. I noticed my emergency brake light stayed on once after pulling release. Had to reapply and pull again and did release. A week later, e brake would not release after multiple attempts. After putting in gear, finally did release. After backing out of driveway, as I started to drive truck was shaking badly. I deducted e-brake sticking causing shaking. Brought to dealer- found stuck e-brake. Replaced adaptor, rotor asy-brake, cable asy-parking brake. Picked up truck-tried e-brake and went to floor, did not hold truck when in gear. Ebrake not working again after just being replaced.
1) brake system malfunction. It was serviced by friendly ford but the problem still exist, extreme severe vibration that it shakes the whole truck when you step on the brake pedal. Brake failed to slow down the said vehicle at 65 MPH going downhill. The condition is worse than before it was serviced. I beg the federal safety agency to address the problem to ford motor company before a fatal accident could occur. 2) engine or computer electrical problem? Engine losses power and drops to fail safe mode. Totally gutless while coming in to freeway from an offramp or during crossing an intersection. After hours of driving it comes back to normal. I tried different grades of fuels octane it didn't make any diffference it did malfunction in similar way. Very scary and dagerous experience. 3) driver's side power window and rear winshield power window malfunctions. Extreme water intrusion during rain and car wash time. It has harsh mechanical noise inside the door.
Dt vehicle has constant vibration, it shakes violently at 45 MPH and above. The dealer states its the emergency brake cable causes this to happen. They have already replaced the motor mounts, and the rear end twice because the originally thought that was the problem. Currently, it still shakes and they think its because rear emergency brake locked up. *ak.
Dt: had to put 4 sets of brakes on vehicle since purchasing the car. The rotors were getting grooved so badly that vehicle pulls off the road. The consumer talked to ford, and they ignored him. He traveled and saw this problem with several other ford cars. Ford told him it was cosmetic. *ak while on the first trip with this vehicle, the rear end had gone out, the clutch pack was removed and replaced, the fog lamps were holding moisture and were replaced, the brakes would pulsate and pull from one side, the shifting was harsh when changing from first to second gear, a loud clunk would be present at times when starting from stop then decelerating and the vehicle would crank but would not start at times. Sc
Brakes warping... Abs comes on,brakes start pumping......turn the brake disc about three times, replaced brake disc four times in twenty thousand miles on f 150 ford pickup truck........
Contact states: rear end shook while going about 25-30 MPH. When driving across small pot holes the vehicle made noise. Brakes squealed at about 18,000 miles. When applying pressure to the brakes there was a lot of powder from the brakes on the front of the vehicle. Dealer checked brake pads and they were more than half worn out at about 18, 000 miles. Also , there was vibration in the steering while applying pressure to the brakes. While driving vehicle pulled to the right.
The brakes have been a problem since I purchased the vehicle. The wheel shimmy's when I apply the brakes and it gets progressively worse. I have to take it into the shop again to have it looked at - the first time they ground the rotors - now I will want them to replace the pads and brake rotors. It is very scary to drive around a corner when you must apply the brakes.
Brake pedal went to the floor while on the road, causing the brakes to malfunction. Owner will take vehicle to dealer for check up.
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