Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1990 Ford E350 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
THE FRONT DISC BRAKE CALIPERS DO NOT RETRACT AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKES, FRICTION FROM THE BRAKE PADS CAUSES THE BRAKE FLUID TO BOIL EFFECTIVELY RESULTING IN NO BRAKE OPERATION, THIS HAPPENS EVERYTIME THE VEHICLE IS LEFT SITTING FOR ABOUT A MONTH, RUST DEVELOPS ON THE SLIDER BARS WHICH PREVENTS THE CALIPERS FROM RETRACTING TO THE RESET POSITION. NLM
CONSUMER WAS COMING DOWN A HILL IN IN DRY WEATHER CONDITION WHEN PROCEEDING TO STOP AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES .CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GRADUALLY STOP VEHICLE BEFORE A CRASH. *AK
DISC BRAKES OVERHEAT, BRAKE FLUID BOILS OUT; PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH; CALIPERS STICK; GARAGE BLED BRAKES, REPLACED ROTORS/CALIPERS. *AK
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED.
BRAKE HOSE FAILED.
DURING NORMAL DRIVING THE BRAKES RUSTED AND FROZE IN A LOCKED POSITION, WHEN THE BRAKES WHERE APPLIED VEHICLE STARTED TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AND STARTED SMOKING BEFORE GOING OFF THE ROAD. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
NEAR COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO THE BRAKES HANGING UP AND OVERHEATING TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE IS A LOSS OF STOPPING POWER, GUIDE PINS RUSTING COULD BE THE CAUSE.
BRAKES FAILED TWICE DUE BRAKE FLUID EXPANDING OUT THE TOP OF THE RESERVOIR, CAUSING RIGHT FRONT WHEEL TO SMOKE.
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED.
BRAKES FAIL WHEN RIDING IN HILLY AREA, RESULTING IN FADING OF THE PEDAL, DUE TO OVERHEATING OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM, REPLACED METAL COMPONENTS IN THE CALIPERS. TT
BRAKES FAILED 2 TIMES. *SD
REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER TWICE AND BRAKES FAILED THREE TIMES. REFERS TO RV COACHMEN MINI MOTOR HOME., ALSO MAY RELATE TO RECALL (89V-223), AEROSTAR. *AK
VEHICLES BRAKING SYSTEM FADES WHILE DRIVING. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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