2000 Ford F-250 Brakes Problems

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED, BRAKES GRABBED AND RELEASED. VEHICLE KEPT ROLLING, BRAKE PEDAL PULSED AND THE VHEICLE DID NOT STOP AND STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE REAR. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

WE FIRST HAD THE FRONT BRAKES PULL RIGHT WE HAD THE TRUCK IN 2-3 TIMES FOR THAT PROBLEM THEY FINALLY FIXED IT. BUT NOW THE BRAKES PULL LEFT. THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE ENGINE/ELECTRIAL PROBLEM. ALL OF THE SUDDEN EVERYTHING ELECTICAL QUITS WORKING. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO CLASSIFY THIS PROBLEM. THEY REPLACE A MODULE AND IT STILL HAPPENS. WE ARE AWAITING FOR THEM TO FIX AGAIN. ON THE TIRES ONE BLEW OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT ON A VERY DARK ROAD 1 MILE FROM THE HOUSE MY HUSBAD DROVE IT HOME TOOK IT IN THE NEXT DAY AND THE REFUSED TO FIX BECAUSE HE DROVE ON IT. APPROX A MONTH LATER WE WERE ON A ROAD DRIVING ONLY APPROX 45 MPH. MY HUSBAND FELT SOMETHING WHEN WE WERE AT A LIGHT,WE PULLED IN TO A STORE JUST PASSED THE LIGHT GOT OUT AND THE BACK RIGHT TIRE HAD BLOWN. WE CHANGED THE TIRE TOOK IT IN AND THEY SAID THEY ARE NOT ON A RECALL EVEN THROUGH THEY CLEARLY HAD THE WHITE RING ALL AROUND THE TIRE WHERE IT HAD COME APART. WE REPLACED THE TIRES WITH COOPER TIRES. WE STILL HAVE THE TIRES. GOODYEAR INSPECTED AND AGREED IT WAS DUE TO POOR MANUFACTURING. ON THE WARRANTY PROBLEMS WE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURE ARBITRATION BOARD. THEY STATED SINCE WE USE THE TRUCK FOR BUSINESS WE CAN NOT HAVE THE TRUCK REPLACED. NO WHERE IN ANY OF MY DOCUMENTATION STATES THAT. IF THIS WERE SO WE WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT THE TRUCK. THE DEALERSHIP KNEW WE USED THE TRUCK FOR BUSINESS. THE BUSINESS CONSIST OF A HANDYMAN BUSINESS. THE MOST WE DO TO THE TRUCK IS PUT ON MILES.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VNW81XL TIRESIZE: 265 75R16)

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

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

WHILE DRIVING COULD STEP ON THE BRAKES PEDAL AND VEHICLE WILL PULL TO THE LEFT WITHOUT A WARNING.*AK

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP ON 11 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE. BRAKES WERE WEAK AND WOULD NOT WORK WHEN VEHICLE WOULD HIT A BUMP OR RUN AT A FAST PACE. DEALER HAD UNHOOKED THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES SYSTEM, AND THE BRAKES ARE NOW WORKING FINE. DEALER HAD ADVISED CONSUMER THAT THIS DEFECT WAS A PROBLEM TO SUPER DUTY TRUCKS . MANUFACTURER IS AWARE, AND HAS NO REMEDY, BUT TO DISCONNECT THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM. *AK

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