2014 FORD F-150 Complaints

I OWN A 2014 F150 4X4 WITH 3.5 ECO BOOST V6, ON MY WAY TO WORK THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON THAN THE LOW BRAKE FLUID LIGHT CAME ON AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT THE WARNING DING. WENT TO HIT BRAKES AND THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP. I HAD COMPLETE FRONT BRAKE FAILURE AND VERY LITTLE BREAKING IN THE REAR WHEELS. WITH WHAT LITTLE REAR BRAKE I HAD I WAS ABLE TO SLOW THE TRUCK DOWN AND LIMP IT TO THE STORE WHERE I CHECKED THE FLUID LEVEL AND IT WAS EMPTY. THINKING I WAS THE CAUSE I PUT TWO CANS OF FLUID BACK INTO THE SYSTEM TRYING TO GET IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. NOT 2 BLOCKS LATER THE BREAKS ARE GONE AGAIN, I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY SAID THEY THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE WARRANTY WORK KNOWING FULL WELL IT WAS A RECALL. I WAS NOT INFORMED OR TOLD BY THE DEALER NOR THE FORD OF THE RECALL AND BREAK SYSTEM FAILURE. THEY ALSO REPORT THAT DEALER STOCK PARTS CAN'T BE USED AND THAT FORD HAS TO SENT THEM THE NEW PARTS. GREAT UNTESTED PARTS THAT I CANNOT GET ACCEPT THROUGH DEALERSHIP. I COMPLAINED TO FORD AND THEY HAVE IGNORED ME. THE DEALERSHIP HAS THE TRUCK AND HAS NOT COMMUNICATED AT ALL TO ME IN A WEEK.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V345000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO PERFORM THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILED. I HAD JUST UNHOOKED A TRAILER. I PULLED FORWARD AND STOPPED AND THEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I PUT IT IN GEAR AND CREEPED FORWARD. ONLY WITH HEAVY PEDAL PUMPING DID I GET SLIGHT BRAKING (AT APPROX 5MPH) THE MASTER CYLINDER TOTALLY EMPTIED INTO THE BRAKE BOOSTER. WHEN FILLING THE MASTER CYLINDER IT LEAKED THE WHOLE BOTTLE INTO THE BOOSTER WITHIN MINUTES THE DEALER STATES THE TRUCK HAS NO BRAKES AT THIS TIME. COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V345000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE! VEHICLE: 2014 F150 FORD ECOBOOST 4WD WITH 46,000 MILES I DROVE FROM A PARKED POSITION APPROXIMATELY 100' TO A STOP SIGN WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED COMPLETELY. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOORBOARD WITH NO BRAKING AND A WARNING APPEARED ON THE DASH THAT THE BRAKE FLUID IS LOW. I WENT PAST THE STOP SIGN AND THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND STOPPED USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ([XXX]) IN THE MAIL THE DAY THIS HAPPENED (7/18/2016). THE RECALL CAME OUT TWO MONTHS EARLIER BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST NOTIFICATION BY FORD. THE RECALL STATES THE BRAKE FAILURE MAY INVOLVE THE FRONT BRAKES AND NOT THE REAR BRAKES WHICH IS TOTALLY FALSE. IN MY CASE, BOTH FRONT AND REAR BRAKES WERE INSTANTLY NON-EXISTENT. ADDITIONALLY THE RECALL STATED THAT A LOW FLUID ALARM AND AUDIBLE SIGNAL WOULD NOTIFY DRIVER IF FLUID WAS LOW. THIS ALSO IS INCORRECT. FORD DEALERSHIPS SAY THEY HAVE NO DIRECTIVE TO PERFORM THE WORK AND NOT PARTS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED SO THEIR HANDS ARE TIED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THEIR ESTIMATE IS THAT IT WILL TAKE ONE MONTH TO GET THE PARTS SO MY TRUCK WILL BE OUT OF COMMISSION BETWEEN ONE AND THREE MONTHS. THIS FAILURE COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN FATAL IF IT HAPPENED IN TRAFFIC OR ON A HIGHWAY INSTEAD OF ON A LIGHTLY TRAVELED SIDE STREET WITH NO TRAFFIC. THIS REPORT MIGHT NOT BE IMPORTANT TO THE NHTSA SINCE NO DEATH OR DAMAGE WAS INVOLVED BUT IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN SUCH. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP WHILE TOWING 7,800LB 5TH WHEEL CAMPER THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD TO USE THE TRAILERS ELECTRIC BRAKES TO STOP THE TRUCK. I THEN CHECKED THE TRUCK FOR LEAKS AND FOUND NONE. WHEN I CHECKED THE BRAKE FLUID LEVEL IT WAS EMPTY. TRUCK BED TO BE TOWED TO A DEALER. FORD ADMITTED IT WAS COVERED UNDER A SAFETY RECALL BUT HAS NO REPLACEMENT PARTS AND DOESN'T KNOW WHEN THEY WILL HAVE ANY READY.

LOSS OF BRAKE CONTROL DUE TO MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER FAILURE WHILE VEHICLE IN MOTION. OCCURRED IMMEDIATELY AFTER BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING ALERT ON DASHBOARD. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOORBOARD WITHOUT ANY BRAKE CONTROL. CHECKED BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR IMMEDIATELY AFTER SAFETY PARKING AND IT WAS EMPTY. THIS EVENT APPEARS CONNECTED TO THE FORD F150 MODEL YEAR 13-14 WITH 3.5L ECOBOOST ENGINE MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER ISSUE.

MY VEHICLE PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. WHEN I GOT IN IT TO LEAVE THE BRAKE PEDAL PUSHED DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND THE "LOW BRAKE FLUID" INDICATOR CAME ON. WHEN I CHECKED THE BRAKE FLUID THE FLUID RESERVOIR WAS EMPTY. I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO BRAKES FRONT OR REAR. WHEN I FILLED THE RESERVOIR THE BRAKE FLUID LEAKED OUT IMMEDIATELY FROM SOMEWHERE IN THE MASTER CYLINDER WITHOUT THE TRUCK EVEN RUNNING OR DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO MY DEALER. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER TOLD ME I WAS THE SECOND 2014 F150 HE HAD TOWED TODAY FOR THE SAME BRAKE ISSUE. MY DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS A RECALL OUT ON IT BUT I HAVE RECEIVED NO NOTIFICATIONS FROM FORD. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING WHEN THE BRAKE FLUID EMPTIED OUT OF THE MASTER CYLINDER IT COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC.

TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE WHILE TOWING A 35 FOOT RV TRAILER ON THE HIGHWAY. USED MANUAL TRAILER BRAKES TO STOP THE CAR AND TRAILER. THE CAR HAD NO BRAKES AND HAD TO BE TOWED. MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED. RECALL 16S24 TEMPORARY REPAIR.

IN MAY 2015 I EXPERIENCED A VIOLENT SHAKING IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKE PEDAL. IT WAS WORSE WHEN TRAVELING DOWNHILL AT HIGHWAY SPEED ON A HIGHWAY. ON JUNE 1 I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WITH 16757 MILES. IT WAS DISMISSED AS POOR BRAKING HABITS THAT WARPED THE ROTORS. THE TIRES WERE ROTATED AND THAT SEEMED TO HELP BUT THE SHAKING WAS STILL EVIDENT. BY 47000 MILES AND MANY VISITS TO THE DEALER THEY RELENTED AND I PAID FOR TWO PARELLI TIRES AT COST DUE TO "TIRE ROT". THE VIOLENT SHAKING HAS NOW CEASED; HOWEVER, THERE IS A SHAKING IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS. I AM CONFIDENT THIS MUST BE CAUSED BY WARPED ROTORS. THEY WERE WARPED ON THE JUNE 1 VISIT AND THEY REMAIN THAT WAY TODAY JULY 6, 2016.