When exiting the highway I lost the power steering and brakes. This happened multiple times over the course of several weeks. The vehicle would also lose steering pulling into parking spaces and under normal driving conditions. The brakes fade significantly under heavy use and while towing. The steering pump was replaced and the problem still has not gone away.
2008 Ford F-250 brakes complaints
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Driving 65mph and changing lanes power steering was lost as well as power braking. After fighting the wheel hard to straighten out and braking hard I finally eased over to a stop. When stopped discovered the serpentine belt had broken, second issue in 20k miles with said belt. Belt and tensioner were replaced 1.5 years and 20k miles prior. Tensioners destroying belts are a known fault with 6.4l engines. I am not a small guy and I feel many would not have been able to get the truck under control with no power steering or brakes. Luckily I was not towing at the time or I wouldn't have had control.
I bought my truck in november 2008 brand new. At approximately 13000 miles I had my right front brake caliper freeze up. I was on my way home from work pulled in my driveway got out and saw smoke coming from around my left front wheel. I took it in to the dealership the following day and the dealership had to install a new caliper, pads and rotor. This was all done under warranty, unfortunately this same thing has happened 3 more times - once on the right front,once on the right rear, and again on the left front. The last time was at 48000 miles and I had to pay for the repairs because I was out of warranty. Every incident was the same with the resulting repairs being the same (new caliper, new rotor,and new pads. I hope that something can be done to make ford remedy this situation before someone gets hurt. Living in michigan I drive on slippery roads and if this were to happen on slippery roads I fear what the outcome of the incident may be. This I feel is a very unsafe condition, I pull a 34 foot fifthwheel camper and would not want to experience this while pulling it. I know of at least 5 other trucks with this same problem ranging in years from 2005 to present. Ironically ford has issued a tsb on the 2010-2011 ford superduty for this exact problem. I believe they need to expand the tsb or issue a recall on all of these trucks. I am on the verge of getting rid of my truck because I feel it is not real safe to drive.hopefully something will be done about this.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 ford f250. The contact stated when depressing the brake pedal, the accelerator pedal was simultaneously depressed. The contact believed that the two pedals were manufacturer too close to each other. The dealer was notified of the problem but the vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 25,000. The VIN was not available. Updated 06/24/11 *bf the consumer owns four other 2008 ford f-250's. Updated 09/16/11
Three months after purchase of a 2008 f-250 ford heavy duty truck, I noticed the brakes squeaking. On 4 occasions I have taken the truck for service to check for the cause of this problem. The first 3 times at the same dealership I was told that the squeak was caused by "road debris", and that nothing could be done to prevent this from recurring.( the dealership cleaned the brake pads).on the forth occasion, the dealership reported that the brakes were fine and had 60 % capacity. This occurred on 8/3/2010. October 15, 2010 the squeaking was so loud, we took it to a third dealership where it was found that the rear brakes were severely worn and rusted. It required a sledge hammer to remove them due to the amount of corrosion that had built up. The front brakes were fine. Our concern is that there is/was a defect in the rear brakes and that this is a safety issue, since we pull a heavy trailer. We have kept the parts for further inspection at our residence. I have contacted the ford customer care line who recommended this site. And who offered no further assistance with this problem, including how to prevent further problems.
Purchase date september 13, 2007 of ford f250 truck. While driving the truck would start vibrating and I would see white exhaust smoke, truck would either lose power or increase speed without any change in acceleration. It has been in the shop over 16 times. The dealership has had the vehicle for numerous weeks and have put over 1,000 miles driving the vehicle in attempt to duplicate the problems and get a diagnostic code. March 2010 while slowing down I noticed a loss of power steering and power brakes for a second or two. By recommendation of ford our dealership has flushed the power steering system approximately 4 times. The loss of power steering and power brakes almost caused my wife to go off the road while exiting a highway. The dealership had possession of my truck for the entire month of june 2010. They were unable to duplicate the steering and brake issue. Most recently while out of town I lost power steering and brakes 3 times after I slowed down to make a turn. It appears the loss of steering and brakes lasts longer. I have been informed that ford motor co. Diagnostic protocol is if the computer does not throw a code or a service tech cannot get the vehicle to duplicate the problem they are not able to do anything. We have been more than patient with the dealer, the service records and the amount of time we have been without the truck will clearly show we have given more than adequate chance to fix these problems. Now at 90,000 miles I own a vehicle that I will not allow my wife or anyone else drive in fear they may not be able to react quick enough to maintain control until the power steering and power brakes return to function.
2008 ford f250 - right rotor only disintegrating causing major damage to the caliper and rubber boot. Had truck to dealership twice and they could find nothing wrong with the truck, now dealership is saying that it is lack of maintenance on my part. I seriously believe that this is a defective part. Brake on right hand side is completely gone. I think if the dealership would have check this out better they would have found the problem while the truck was under warranty.
It happen about a month after I first got the truck. I was getting to a stop sign and the steering wheel and brakes locked, I wasn't able to turn at all and I had a really hard time braking, I had to use a lot of force to brake or to turn the wheel even a little. That happened 3 different time. At a stop sign and once at a turn light which was the worst cause I had to go straight into the opposite direction. That was all in a 2 weeks after the one month of having the truck. It was completely stock. After taking it to the dealer ship they said nothing was wrong and they couldn't do anything. 3 weeks later I bought so mud tires for it. And about 2 or 3 weeks later I started having trouble with the steering box. When id be at a stop or not moving at all, am not able to turn the wheels and it makes a weird sound when I turn the wheel. This still happens everytime time I drive when am stopping or just turned it on, anytime am not moving or steeping on the gas, am not able to turn the wheels. I took it shortly after it first happened and they test drove it and agreed something was wrong so the said they fix it. It took them a week to order parts and get it fixed, but 3 days after getting it back it started acting the same. So I took it back again and they said it was the tires I had??. But I have several friends with the same truck and tires and they have no problems. Yet they wanted me to put the stock tires back and take it to them. Haven't yet. So they told me to take it to another dealership to see what they say.
2008 f250: had this truck since 9-28-08. Several occasions when applying brake my foot also touches accelerator pedal causing engine to race. Engine is very quite and do not immediately realize that condition. This is bad enough with my manual transmission. It would far worse with an automatic transmission.
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