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 1995 Ford F-350 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 41 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.
The 25 most recent of 41, in the owner's own words
THERE WAS A VIBRATION WHEN CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AT ANY SPEED. CONSUMER HAD BRAKES INSPECTED AND DISCOVERED THAT FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ON BOTH SIDES OF VEHICLE HAD CRACKED WHICH CAUSED VIBRATION. DEALERSHIP WAS UNWILLING TO ASSIST THE CONSUMER. *AK CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT THIS COULD CAUSE THE WHEELS TO LOCK UP. *JB
THE POPPING OUT OF THE O-RING OF THE HOSE CONNECTION TO THE HYDRAULIC UNIT CAUSED BRAKE AND POWER STEERING FAILURE, THIS HAS HAPPENED ON 2 OCCASIONS. NLM
BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR ON OCCASIONS RESULTING IN BRAKE FAILURE. NLM
FRONT ROTORS HAVE CRACKED TWICE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
INADEQUATE MASTER CYLINDER VOLUME RESULTS IN LOSS OF BRAKING. SEVERAL PROBLEMS IN THE FLEET. FORD ACKNOWLEDGES PROBLEM UNDER THEIR ARTICLES 96-8-10 AND 96-25-19, BUT WILL NOT REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY. MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD EXISTS. UPDATED PARTS MUST BE ORDERED AT RETAIL COST. SUGGEST RECALL TO UPDATE MASTERCYLINDERS.
ORIGINAL BRAKES, DRUMS AND PADS ON REAR DRIVERS SIDE REPLACED AT 24,000 MI. FAILED AGAIN SAME PROBLEM AT 26,000. ORIGINAL TRANSMITION AND TORQUE CONVERTER REPLACED AT 21,000
BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE BRAKE ROTORS TO FAIL5 TIMES WHICH MAY RESULT IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
BRAKES FAILED.. *ET
WHILE MAKING A STOP BRAKE PEDAL WOULD TRAVEL TO THE FLOORBOARD,CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
BRAKE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THERE IS NO BRAKES, THE TRUCK WON'T STOP. *ET
ABS BRAKE FAILURE.
HYDRAULIC BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKES FAIL TO STOP THE VEHICLE, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK
ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN PANIC STOPS, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKES FAIL TO STOP VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS CRACKED IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS WITH NO SIGN OF OVERHEATING. *AK
CONTINUOUS REPAIRS AND FAILURES ON THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM, FAILURES CAUSE VIBRATION AND LOCK UP.
DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH AND WAS LEAST 400-500 FEET BEHIND OTHER VEHICLE , PUT ON BRAKES, VEHICLE BEGAN TO SKID FOR LEAST 200 FEET WHILE PULLING TRAILOR. FRONT ROTORS BROKE THREE TIMES , DEALER HAS REPLACED TWICE , WILL NOT REPLACE A THRID TIME. BRAKES NEED TO BE REPLACED ABOUT EVERY 20 MILES. *AK
EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE LOCKS UP REAR BRAKES.
WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN A PANIC STOP, THE FRONT BRAKES LOCK UP AND THE BACK BRAKES DO NOTHING, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COLLIDE INTO ANOTHER. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS CRACKED WITH NO SIGNS OF OVERHEATING. DEALER REPLACED THEM. *AK
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS CRACKED.
REAR BRAKE SHOES AND DRUM FAILED CAUSING GRINDING.
RECURRING REAR BRAKE PROBLEMS (NOISE).
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES YOU GET A METAL TO METAL GRINDING NOISE. HAS HAD REPAIRED 2 TIMES. *AK *SLC
DRVING VEHICLE & APPLYING BRAKES; BRAKES LOCKED UP; PUT IN REVERSE TO UNLOCK. TOOK TO MECHANIC FOR REPAIRS; INFORMED NEEDED ADJUSTING; BRAKES CAME OUT OF ADJUSTMENT; CALLED FORD DEALER FOR PARTS. HAPPENS EVERY 4-6 WEEKS. *AK *SLC
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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