2000 Ford F-250 Brakes Problems

The contact owns a 2000 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while standing next to the vehicle a burning odor was present coming from under the hood. Upon inspection of the vehicle, it was discovered that several wiring harnesses were saturated with leaking brake fluid. The contact was concerned that the saturated wiring harnessed had caused electrical failures within the vehicle. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The local dealer was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was not yet contacted. The failure mileage was 240,000.

NHTSA ID

11489797

Incident

Oct 1, 2022

Mileage

240,000 mi

WHILE I WAS ON A HIGHWAY DRIVING AT 65 MPH MY STEERING AND BRAKES WENT OUT AT THE SAME TIME. I HAPPENED TO BE 200 YARDS BEHIND THE TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF ME AND I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BEFORE IMPACT. A HYDRAULIC HOSE FAILED AND RENDERED THE STEERING AND BRAKES ALMOST COMPLETELY USELESS. THE STEERING WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL BUT I MANAGED. THE BRAKES WERE ALMOST COMPLETELY GONE BUT I MANAGED TO SLOW THE TRUCK DOWN TO A SAFE STOP OFF THE HIGHWAY. WHEN I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO MY DIESEL MECHANIC I WAS TOLD BY THE OWNER THAT FORD ENGINEERED THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM TO CONTROL THE STEERING AND BRAKES. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER FORD WITH THAT KIND OF RIDICULOUS ENGINEERING. I HAD THREE HOSES REPLACED AT A TOTAL COST OF $451.54. ONE FACTORY HOSE WAS $172.53, ANOTHER $100.68 AND THE THIRD WAS $24.04. THE SAFETY ISSUE HERE IS UNREAL. HOW COULD FORD ENGINEERING HAVE DONE SUCH A STUPID THING.

NHTSA ID

10822320

Incident

Jan 12, 2016

Mileage

150,000 mi

BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR,FOUND BRAKE LINE TO REAR WHEELS RUSTED THROUGH. *TR

NHTSA ID

10459750

Incident

May 25, 2012

Mileage

81,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE CONSUMER NOTICE AFTER BRAKING, THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB

NHTSA ID

10083335

Incident

Jul 20, 2004

WHILE DRIVING THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10020333

Incident

May 21, 2003

THERE WERE NO BRAKES IF THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED SHORT. *JB

NHTSA ID

10009292

Incident

Jan 15, 2003

WHEN BRAKING, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED VIOLENTLY IN THE FRONT. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND RELACED ALL 4 ROTORS, 10,000 MILES LATER PROBLEM REOCCURRED. PLEASE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*JB

NHTSA ID

10002497

Mileage

50,000 mi

THE VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, DEALER STATED THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER THERE WAS NO REMEDY . TS *JB

NHTSA ID

8023617

Incident

Dec 1, 2002

Mileage

8,700 mi

CONSUMER WAS TOWING A TRAILER AND APPLIED BRAKES THE TRUCK SHUDDERED VIOLENTLY AND THE TRAILER ALMOST "JACK KNIFED". VEHICLE WAS CHECKED BY DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPING EXCESSIVELY DUE TO WATER BEING SPLASHED AND THE HEAT GENERATED WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. FIRST TIME THE ROTORS HAD TO BE TURNED WAS AT 38K MILES. THE SECOND TIME WAS AT 58K MILES. TS

NHTSA ID

8023002

Incident

Nov 1, 2002

CONSUMER STATES IF ENGINE CUT OFF OR VEHICLE IS IN NEUTRAL GEAR THERE IS NO BRAKE POWER, RESULTING IN CONSUMER BEING RUN OVER BY VEHICLE, AND CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. DEALER CONTACTED. NLMFORD STATES THIS IS STANDARD PROCEDURE FOR THIS VEHICLE. IT IS CALLED A VACUUM ASSIST BRAKING SYSTEM. *JG

NHTSA ID

8019936

Incident

Jan 1, 2001

THE METAL BRAKE LINE FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER UP TO THE FRONT WHEELS HAS A HOLE, WHICH WAS WORN INTO FROM RUBBING AGAINST THE MOVING STEERING WHEEL SHAFT. CAUSING A LOSS OF BRAKING FLUID. CONSUMER STATES THAT THIS LINE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SECURED TO THE FIREWALL, TO PREVENT SITUATIONS LIKE THIS FROM OCCURING. ALSO THE BRAKE LINE WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER UNDER WARRANTY. *AK *SCC

NHTSA ID

8013335

Incident

Jul 4, 2002

WHEN BRAKING STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED /PULSATED, VEHICLE BECAMES UNSTABLE, FELT LIKE IT WAS FLOATING. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER 4 TIMES. PAD AND SHOES/ LINING WERE REPLACED, AND ROTORS RESURFACED. DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.

NHTSA ID

8010656

Incident

Jan 1, 2000

VEHICLE WAS GOING 10MPH WHEN HYDRO BOOSTER LINE BLEWOUT. *AK

NHTSA ID

8009613

Incident

Apr 16, 2002

WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE STEERING WHEEL BECOMES DIFFICULT TO STEER AND THE CONSUMER LOOSES ALL POWER STEERING. NLM CONSUMER STATES WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AT LOW SPEED THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN AND THE BOOSTER PUMP RUNS BOTH THE STEERING AND THE BRAKES. *YH

NHTSA ID

8006478

WHILE TRAVELING ON EXPRESSWAY CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, ALSO THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM PASSENGERS SIDE WHEEL. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK *YH

NHTSA ID

8004614

Incident

Feb 25, 2002

TRUCK SHAKES AND BUCKS OUT OF CONTROL WHEN MAKING UNNORMAL STOPS. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE Z-RELAYS WHERE NOT INSTALLED. ANY ONE OF THESE TRUCK ON THE ROAD PULLING A TRAILER WITHOUT THIS RELAY STANDS A CHANGE OF LOSING CONTROL.

NHTSA ID

9005320

Incident

Sep 18, 2001

VEHICLE FAILS TO STOP PROPERLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. WOULD SHAKE AND VIBRATE BADLY. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, MECHANIC NOTICED ROTORS WERE WARPED, WHICH CAUSED THE BRAKING PROBLEM. HAD THEM REPLACED AFTER 10,000 MILES.*AK ENGINE STALLS AND OIL LEAKS FROM THE TURBO INTO THE INTER COOLER. TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT. TIRES BEGAN TO BULGE OUT, CONSUMER DID NOT SPECIFY KIND OF TIRES. ELECTRIC WINDOW MOTOR FAILED. SEALS ARE OUT ON THE FRONT AXLES AND THEY WERE JUST REPLACED TWO MONTHS AGO. AIR FILTER SYSTEM IS INADAQUET FOR THIS SIZE OF ENGINE AND HAS TO BE REPLACED EVERY 2 TO 3 THOUSAND MILES. *SLC

NHTSA ID

891456

BRAKES FIRST WAS HAVING PROBLEMS AT APPROX 15,000 MILES THE ROTORS HAD WENT OUT. FALLON FORD SUPPOSELY TURNED THE ROTORS AND PUT NEW PADS ON. AT APPROX. 28,000 MILES LITHIA TURNED THE ROTORS AND PUT NEW PADS ON, STATING THAT FALLON NEVER DID THAT, THEN LATER ON THE BRAKES STILL ACTING UP PULLING RIGHT. LITHIA PUT ON A NEW MASTER CYLINDER, LITHIA ALSO HAD THE ALIGHMENT PROBLEM SO THEY HAD SHIMMS PUT IN. LITHIA RELPLACED THE ELECTRONIC CLUSTER TWICE. WHEN TAKEN IN A GAIN FOR CHATTERING LITHIA SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES, THEY ALSO SAID BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY THEY WOULD NOT WORK ON IT WITH OUT BEING PAID. JONES WEST FORD REVIEWED ALL OF THE PAPER WORK AND SEEING THAT IT MET THE LEMON LAW THEY REFUSED TO WORK ON IT. LETTER WAS WRITTEN TO THE CEO OF FORD, WHO SAID THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THE TRUNK IS USED FOR BUSINESS. THE DISTRICT REP THAT CAME TO LITHIA SAID THEY COULD NOT REPLACE THE TRUCK BECAUSE LITHIA WAS NOT A FORD/TRUCK DEALER SHIP THAT THE TRUCK SHOULD BE REPLACED, LITHA SINCE HAS REFUSED TO WORK ON THE TRUCK, FALLON REFUSES TO REPLACE THE TRUCK. NOW THE BRAKES HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED. WE TOOK IT IN TO A GOODYEAR SHOP WHO SAID WHEN WE HAD THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE THE ABS BOX AND THE PORPORTIONING VALVE SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACE AND IS WHAT PROBABLY WAS WHAT CAUSED THIS PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID

747378

Incident

Jun 23, 2001

DAY ONE. DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED PADS MULTIPLE TIMES. *AK

NHTSA ID

746436

Incident

Aug 14, 2000

WHENEVER BRAKING VEHICLE WILL PULL TO RIGHT OR SOMETIMES TO LEFT. *AK CONSUMER STATES SEVERAL DEALERS HAVE ATTEMPTED TO FIX PROBLEM, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *SLC

NHTSA ID

889684

Incident

Jan 13, 2000

THERE WAS VIBRATION IN VEHICLE WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT BRAKE ROTORS WERE WORN AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK *SLC

NHTSA ID

888740

Incident

Dec 11, 2000

WHEN BRAKING HARD AND TRYING TO TURN/STEER AS IN ACCIDENT PREVENTION AND EVASIVE MANEUVERING, THE STEERING WILL LOCK MOMENTARILY. IT IS A HARD SITUATION TO DUPLICATE SINCE IT IS A REACTIONARY ACTION AND IS ADRENALINE POWERED, BUT IT CAN BE SIMULATED WITH THE ENGINE ON AND THE VEHICLE IN PARK. ?DEALER INSISTS THIS IS A NORMAL CONDITION AND THERE IS NOTHING TO FIX!!! THIS HAS OCCURED TWICE WITHIN THE MONTH OF MAY AND BOTH INCIDENTS RESULTED IN NEAR COLLISIONS.*AK

NHTSA ID

745534

Incident

May 5, 2001

WHEN DRIVING IN SNOW AND APPLYING BRAKES ALL 4 WHEELS LOCK UP, REGULAR BRAKES DID NOT WORK AT THAT TIME EITHER. CONSUMER WAS WITHOUT BRAKES FOR 20-40 FEET.*AK

NHTSA ID

884776

Incident

Nov 1, 2000

BRAKE ROTORS WARPED AT 2000MILES. DEALER TURNED ROTORS AND WOULD NOT REPLACE. *AK

NHTSA ID

743240

VEHICLE SHUDDERS VIOLENTLY UPON APPLYING BRAKES. DEALER INFORMS THAT ROTORS ARE WARPED. THIS IS SECOND REPAIR FOR THIS PROBLEM IN 8000 MILES. DEALER/MANUFACTURER INSINUATES DRIVER ERROR. EXPERIENCED DRIVER-NO ERROR. FORD DENIES RESPONSIBILITY FOR FURTHER REPAIRS.*AK

NHTSA ID

742774

Incident

Mar 15, 2001