2014 FORD F-150 Complaints

STEERING WHEEL LOCKED WHOLE MOTOR WAS RUNNING AND VEHICLE WAS DRIVING. COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING.

STARTED VEHICLE AFTER WORK, LOW BRAKE FLUID WARNING INDICATED. PRESSED THE PEDAL AND IT WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 17,000 MILES ON IT AND LESS THAN 2 YEARS OLD. NO BRAKE PRESSURE IS A SERIOUS SAFETY RISK. CALLED FORD AND THEY SENT A TOW TRUCK. I HAVE CONCERNS THAT IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN EVEN AFTER THE TRUCK IS REPAIRED.

I HAD A BRAKE FAILURE IDENTICAL TO THAT OF WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED, WITHIN THE LAST 6 MONTHS. WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, I WENT TO APPLY BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOORBOARD & I HAD LITTLE TO NO BRAKE CONTROL. REFILLED RESERVOIR BUT IT WAS EMPTY WITHIN 30 MINUTES. ALL FLUID DRAINED OUT OF MASTER CYLINDER AND IN TO BRAKE BOOSTER. HAD TO HAVE MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED, AND HAVE NOT HAD PROBLEM SINCE.

WHILE DRIVING ON LOCAL STREETS A WARNING LIGHT CAME ON ADVISING "LOW BRAKE FLUID", IN LESS THAT ONE MINUTE I HAD A TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKES. AFTER COMING TO A STOP I FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO BRAKE FLUID IN THE RESERVOIR. I FILLED THE RESERVOIR AND DROVE ABOUT THREE MILES TO MY DESTINATION. AFTER LETTING THE VEHICLE SIT FOR ABOUT ON HOUR I CHECKED THE BRAKE FLUID LEVEL AGAIN AND IT WAS EMPTY BUT NO FLUID WAS ON THE DRIVEWAY UNDER THE VEHICLE. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER AND I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE BOOSTER TANK MUST BE REPLACED.

I WAS DRIVING AND THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON, THEN THE LOW BRAKE FLUID MESSAGE CAME UP AND FINALLY THE BREAK PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I LOST ALL BREAKING POWER. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE MASTER CYLINDER LEAKING INTO THE BREAK BOOSTER. BOTH HAD TO BE REPLACED.

BRAKE FLUID LOW LEVEL LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING TO WORK. I STOPPED THE TRUCK AT WORK WITH A PLAN TO GET IT CHECKED AT LUNCH TIME. WHEN I RESTARTED THE TRUCK THE BRAKE PEDAL INSTANTLY WENT TO THE FLOOR LEAVING THE TRUCK WITH NO BRAKES. I GOT OUT TO CHECK THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR LEVEL AND IT WAS COMPLETELY EMPTY, BUT THERE WERE NO LEAKS ANYWHERE. THE TRUCK WAS TOWED TO FORD DEALERSHIP

TRUCK WAS PARKED ON A HILL AND WHEN I RETURNED I GOT MESSAGE LOW BRAKE FLUID AND HAD NO BRAKES. I ADDED BRAKE FLUID AND WITHIN 2 MINUTES IT ALL LEAKED OUT, BUT NOTHING ON THE GROUND. HAD TRUCK TOWED AND THE FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID ALL THE BRAKE FLUID HAD LEAKED FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE BRAKE BOOSTER. BOTH WERE REPLACED BY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP UNDER WARRANTY. TRUCK HAD 10,000 MILES AT THE TIME. SEEMS LIKE THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD. VERY DANGEROUS. HOPEFULLY A RECALL WILL BE DONE BEFORE SOMEBODY DIES BECAUSE OF IT.

AN ARTICLE IN OUR LOCAL PAPER,FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAID YOUR ORGANIZATION WAS INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEM WITH THE FORD 2014,F-150,3.5L ENGINE,FOR BRAKE FAILURE.ON INSPECTION OF MY VEHICLE,THERE IS A PUDDLE 15"X5" OF WHAT I WOULD GUESS IS BRAKE FLUID THAT HAS LEAKED DOWN THE DRIVERS SIDE STRUT.I HAVE CALLED THE DEALER AND HE SAID ,"HE HADN'T HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM.I PLAN TO TAKE THE TRUCK IN VERY SOON.VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN OBSERVED ABOVE.

ON FEBRUARY 20, 2016 I PURCHASED A FORD F150 LARIAT EDITION FROM AN INDIVIDUAL. THE VEHICLE WAS COMING OFF A LEASE. I DROVE THE TRUCK TO MY HOME AND PARKED IT IN MY DRIVEWAY UNTIL I RECEIVED THE TITLE ON MARCH 8. ON MARCH 9 I DROVE IT AND NOTICED AN ODD SMELL BUT THOUGHT IT MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE AIR CONDITIONER. ON MARCH 10 I AS I WAS DRIVING, I NOTICED THAT SAME SMELL BUT ALSO SAW SMOKE. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I LOOKED UNDER THE DASHBOARD BUT DID NOT SEE OR SMELL WHERE THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM. AS THE SMOKE WAS STILL BEING PRODUCED, I CALLED 911 AND STARTED TO TAKE MY PERSONAL ITEMS OUT OF THE CAB. ON ONE OF THE TRIPS TO REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSOLE, A BURNING PIECE OF THE HEADLINER FELL ON MY LEFT HAND. AT THAT POINT THE 911 OPERATOR TOLD ME TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE. BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED THE TRUCK WAS FULLY ON FIRE.

YESTERDAY WHEN I GOT INTO MY TRUCK AND STARTED IT THE LOW BRAKE FLUID LIGHT CAME ON AND THE BRAKE PEDAL INSTANTLY WHEN TO THE FLOOR LEAVING THE TRUCK WITH NO BRAKES. I GOT OUT AND CHECKED THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR LEVEL AND IT WAS COMPLETELY EMPTY BUT, THERE WAS NO LEAKS ANYWHERE, THE TRUCK HAD TO BE TOWED TO GET FIXED. I DISCUSSED IT WITH JOE AND UPON EXPLORING THIS FURTHER JOE CAME ACROSS THE ATTACHED ARTICLE AND IT TURNS OUT THIS SUDDEN TOTAL LOSS OF BREAKS HAS HAPPENED TO SEVERAL OTHER F150 TRUCK AND ARE BEING INVESTIGATED