1999 Ford F-250 SD: brake failure

8 of the 249 complaints about the 1999 Ford F-250 SD describe brake failure.

owner complaints: 8
of this car's complaints: 3%
typical mileage: 93,000
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 8 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Brake failure by model year

2026
1
2022
2
2021
1
2019
1
2017
5
2016
1
2015
5
2012
1
2011
1
2008
2
2007
1
2005
7
2004
3
2003
2
2002
10
2001
5
2000
5
1999
8
1996
1

What owners say

Filed Jul 2, 2013 · Brakes · 93,000 miles · VA

While backing out of my driveway, the brake pedal slowly sank to the floor. I put the truck in park and got out of the vehicle. I noticed an expanding pool of hydraulic fluid forming underneath the truck, just forward of the rear, driver's side tire. Upon investigation, the right rear brake line had chaffed a hole on the frame rail resulting in a loss of brakes. Had this brake line failed at any other time, rather just backing out of my driveway, it could have resulted in dire consequences.

Filed Dec 10, 2007 · Brakes, Engine · 18,450 miles · NY

Brake lines, power steering lines, fuel lines, oil pan, valve covers, rear axle cover-all rotted and failed- loss of braking, steering, severe oil leaking.

Filed Dec 2, 2007 · Engine · 100,000 miles · MN

Occasionally while driving in rain or snow,my ford diesel engine f250 will stumble or completely stop. On several occasions while driving approx.30-35 MPH the engine stalled causing complete loss of brakes and power steering. I have searched the internet and found this to be a common problem but nobody seems to know how to fix it. I have contacted several ford dealers and all they can offer is expensive diagnostics with no result.

Filed Aug 13, 2007 · Brakes · 106,000 miles · OH

My wife was driving our vehicle, she was stopping at intersection (4 way) and when she applied the brake pedal to stop at this intersection, the brake pedal went to the floor causing to her to run the stop sign almost causing an accident. I found the defect, the brake line on driver's side was completely rusted through brake line.

Filed Nov 23, 2005 · Brakes · 116,788 miles · ID

Dt: contact stated while driving pressed on the brake pedal and there were no brakes. The vehicle was towed to the contact's home where he checked the vehicle and found the brake lines rubbed together, causing a hole to rub through the metal brake lines. This resulted in loss of brakes.

Filed Jun 20, 2005 · Brakes · 76,380 miles · MD

Applied brake pedal, went to floor, no brakes. The brake line ruptured. I investigated to see where the leak was, the entire line from the undercarriage back is badly corroded, all the way up to where it connects to the line coming from the master cylinder (enen the coupling is corroded). There is obviously a chemical reaction occurring between metals. I had this happen in my driveway with no speed, used my emergency brake to stop truck, if this had been a normal stop (e.g., a stop in traffic, it most likely would have resulted in serious injury or death. There was no warning of this pending failure.

Filed Oct 1, 2004 · Brakes · 75,000 miles · CA

While applying the brake pedal the brakes failed . This caused the vehicle to continue to accelerated and then stop. The driver was able to maintain control of the vehicle and drove it to the dealer for inspection. The mechanic could not duplicate the problem. Please provide further details. *nm

Filed Aug 28, 2002 · Airbags, Brakes · CA · crash · 1 injury

Supplment; air bag and anti lock brakes did not work