2010 Ford F-150

BRAKE WARNING LIGHT FAILED TO ILLUMINATE DURING TWO COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURES. DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED THAT MASTER CYLINDER FAILED CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKE PRESSURE. DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT NEW BRAKE WARNING SYSTEM INSTALLED ON MY10 F150 IS NOT TRIGGERED BY PRESSURE LOSS, BUT RATHER ONLY BY SIGNIFICANT FLUID LOSS IN THE RESERVOIR. I LOST BRAKE PRESSURE AND DID NOT RECEIVE ANY WARNING THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. IN FACT, WHEN I WAS LOSING BRAKE POWER, I WAS STARING RIGHT AT THE DASHBOARD AND NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING EITHER BRAKE FAILURE. FORD KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE MASTER CYLINDER AS THEY HAVE ISSUED A TSB FOR IT. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE DRIVING F150S THAT MAY LOSE COMPLETE BRAKING CONTROL AND HAVE NO ADVANCE WARNING THAT SOMETHING WILL GO WRONG DUE TO THE NEW BRAKE WARNING SYSTEM THAT FORD HAS INSTALLED ON THE VEHICLE. THE MASTER CYLINDER AND/OR LINKAGE CAN FAIL CAUSING IMMEDIATE PRESSURE LOSS BEFORE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FLUID LOSS TRIGGERS THE WARNING. BY THAT TIME, IT IS TOO LATE. THE DRIVER HAS ALREADY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT REQUIRES NHTSA INTERVENTION BEFORE SOMEONE IS NEEDLESSLY KILLED.

COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING POWER UPON BACKING OUT OF GARAGE - TWICE! AFTER THE FIRST TIME, THE TOW TRUCK MECHANIC REFILLED BRAKE FLUID LEVELS AND PARKED TRUCK BACK IN GARAGE. A FEW HOURS LATER, I TRIED BACKING THE TRUCK OUT OF THE GARAGE AND AGAIN DID NOT HAVE ANY BRAKING POWER AND AGAIN THE BRAKE FLUID WAS LOW. THERE WERE NO LEAKS FOUND ON THE GARAGE FLOOR. IN NEITHER CASE DID THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS INDICATE THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM! DURING BOTH INCIDENTS, I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO BRAKING POWER. (THIS IS AN UPDATE TO RECORD 10463925 TO CORRECT THE INCIDENT DATE) *JS

COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING POWER UPON BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE - TWICE! AFTER THE FIRST TIME, THE TOW TRUCK MECHANIC REFILLED BRAKE FLUID LEVELS AND PARKED TRUCK BACK IN GARAGE. A FEW HOURS LATER, I TRIED BACKING THE TRUCK OUT OF THE GARAGE AND AGAIN DID NOT HAVE ANY BRAKING POWER! AGAIN THE BRAKE FLUID WAS LOW, ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO LEAKS FOUND ANYWHERE ON THE GARAGE FLOOR. FURTHERMORE, NONE OF THE WARNING INDICATOR LIGHTS APPEARED TO LET ME KNOW THAT THE BRAKE FLUID WAS LOW DURING EITHER INCIDENT. DURING BOTH INCIDENTS I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO BRAKING POWER. THE TRUCK IS NOW AT THE DEALERSHIP AND I AM WAITING FOR THEIR RESPONSE. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT THE TELEPHONE NUMBER (RATHER THAN EMAIL) BELOW TO DISCUSS. *JS

ENGINE STALLS AT LOW SPEEDS CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKING. THERE WAS NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR ERROR CODE WHEN THIS FIRST OCCURRED. AFTER THE ENGINE HAD STALLED FOR ABOUT 32-35 TIMES, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FINALLY CAME ON. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A LOCAL MECHANIC SHOP TO READ THE CODE WHICH INDICATED THAT THE EVAP SYSTEM WAS BLOCKED. MY DEALER DETERMINED THAT A SOLENOID IN THE FUEL EVAP. SYSTEM HAD FAILED. AS A RESULT THE FUEL TANK WAS COLLAPSED BY VACUUM BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SECONDARY TANK VENT. THIS IS DANGEROUS! THERE SHOULD BE A SECONDARY VENT OR A PRESSURE/VACUUM SENSOR TO PREVENT THE TANK FROM BEING COLLAPSED. NOTE: THE TANK WAS COLLAPSED SO MUCH SO, AS TO DAMAGE THE PUMP/LEVEL SENDING UNIT ASSEMBLY. *TR