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 F-350 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 15 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
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER/ BOOSTER PUMP/BRAKE BOOSTER, FRONT CALIPERS AND BRAKE SHOES .
THE DEFECTIVE BRAKE ROTOR CRACKED IN HALF 9 TIMES IN 80,000 MILES WHICH CAUSED THE BRAKING SYSTEM TO MALFUNCTION. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. ROTORS HAVE CRACKED NINE TIMES. *SLC
BRAKES OVERHEATED DUE TO ENGINE HEAT ON UNSHIELDED BRAKE LINE CAUSED BRAKES TO OVERHEAT AND BECOME INOPERABLE. *AK
ECLIP MISSING FROM TRUCK, CAUSING ACCIDENT/INJURIES/FATALITY.
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT CLEARLY TO THE FLOOR. HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP TRUCK. *AK
BRAKE SHOES REPLACED. *SD
WHEN APPLY THE BRAKE PEDAL FADES GOING TO THE FLOOR . TT
BRAKES FAILED, REPAIRED, HOWEVER STILL FAIL.
BRAKES PEDAL WANT TO THE FLOOR AND THERE ARE NO BRAKES. TT
BRAKES OVERHEATED/FAILED. *SD
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING COMING DOWN A MOUNTAIN THE BRAKE FAILED . TT CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE NEEDS A HEAT SHIELD AND INSULATION ON BRAKE HOSES, A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON SOME FORD 350'S BECAUSE OF BRAKE AND FIRE PROBLEMS, HOWEVER THIS UNIT WAS NOT INCLUDED. *SLC
ABS: WHEN MAKING PANIC STOP, HAVE TO PUSH DOWN HARD ON PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE; CAUSES EXTENDED STOPPING; COULD CAUSE ACCIDENT, MAKING AN EMERGNCY STOP. TT
WHEN DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND CONTINUE USE OF ABS BRAKES, HAD COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS. TT
ABS, WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR LOSS OF EFFECTIVENESS. TT
BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE. 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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