Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKING BRAKE | |||
| 04/21/2009 | 39000 | 1 | |
| Used emergency brake, released it and was driving on highway at 55 mph. truck began to shake. shaking increased to where wipers where bouncing on windshield. i had to slow down and finally pulled off road. i pushed and released my emergency brake several times. this fixed the 'problem'. this issue happened 2 times...after second occurrence, i wd-40'd the emergency brake system and more importantly, quit using it! no problems since. i mentioned to ford and they shrugged their shoulders... *tr | |||
| 10/18/2004 | 10863 | 1 | |
| I have a 2004 ford f150 that has had a terrible vibration and shaking problem to the point that the windshield wipers jump up and down everytime i have said anything to the dealership they say they dont what it is and they haven't heard of anything like this and even the last time i told them it was like something was seizing up we went online and started investigating the problem and found that all kinds of people are having the same problem and alot of them seem to think it is in the emergency brake system there is two metal parts that rust together and wont let it work is there anything i can do about this to get ford to replace it even though it is 5 yrs old because this is very dangerous last winter i was driving in snow and the back end slid around on me and this was caused by the brake trying to seize up. *tr | |||
| 01/12/2009 | 67000 | 1 | |
| 71k miles on the odometer has leaking rear axle seals on both sides and the oil is running down on the parking/emergency as well as the main brakes. this confuses the abs system and renders the rear brakes useless in normal as well as emergency situations. i blogged on the forum f150online and several other owners are experiencing the same problem with some having as few as 11k miles on their vehicle. look at the post, | |||
| 06/22/2006 | 34000 | 5 | |
| 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. *nm | |||
| 07/15/2005 | 21000 | 1 | 02/15/2005 |
| 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. *nm | |||
| 01/08/2005 | 1 | ||
| Note: this is just a starting point for my neighbor. she will contact you personally when back in state. 2004 ford supercrew pickup truck. bought from denver dealership with 6000 miles.*ak 1) brakes began acting up ( overheating ) 2) left rear emergency brake locked up while vehicle was approaching dam on snow covered road. truck went into skid and slammed into guard cable. extensive front end damage to vehicle. woman and two young daughters traumatized by vehicle hovering over 400 ft.drop off dam. approximately 10 ft more to the left and vehicle would have undeniably flipped and rolled to the bottom of the dam and into the power plant. 3) brought to summit ford dealership in silverthorne, co. mechanics all agreed the left rear emergency brake was defective and led to the accident. now, ford won't honor to repair the vehicle and state farm insurance say they won't repair the vehicle as is a ford defect. neighbor lady has been without her just bought vehicle now for over two months. countless phone calls have been unanswered or ignored as finger pointing continue4s between the insurance company and ford. i was called to scene and helped vehicle owner get truck off guard cable. | |||
| PARKING BRAKE - CONVENTIONAL - MECHANICAL - LINKAGE AND CABLE | |||
| 07/11/2005 | 3000 | 20 | 09/22/2004 |
| 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. | |||
| 06/03/2005 | 7000 | 3 | 06/03/2004 |
| 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. | |||