Ford F-150 Parking Brake Problems
- 34
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 7
- Years with records
- 1999–2015
- Stored years
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 34 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- parking brake · 26 records
- emergency brake · 17 records
- brake assembly · 5 records
- failure occurred · 4 records
- same problem · 4 records
- rear emergency · 4 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 11 |
| 1–30k mi | 8 |
| 60–100k mi | 8 |
| 100–150k mi | 1 |
Complaint evidence
Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.
Parking Brake
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 ford f-150. While driving approximately 75 mph and pulling a trailer, the electronic emergency brake suddenly engaged and the speed immediately reduced significantly. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but the failure was unable to be duplicated. The failure occurred on four separate occasions. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 1,031. Updated…
ODI 10885086
Engine · Parking Brake · Service Brakes · Steering · Suspension
2015 ford f-150. Consumer writes in regards to several defects with vehicle. *ld the consumer stated there were multiple instances where the vehicle stalled, the check engine light illuminated. The steering gear, steering shaft, steering wheel needed to be replaced. The consumer blew the horn and a whole was punctured in the steering wheel. The wrench light illuminated. There was a fluid leak from the rear left…
ODI 11061710
Parking Brake
The parking brake on our 2004 f-150 froze in the 'on' position. This wasn't obvious until the car got to about 45 mph, when it would vibrate quite violently. The only fix was to pull over and work the brake several times. This is extremely dangerous if you are accelerating to join traffic on a busy highway! This was an intermittent problem which was reported to the dealer, but they could not duplicate it during…
ODI 10404519
Parking Brake
I drive a 2004 ford f-150 heritage with only 73,000 miles that has never been taken off road or towed any heavy weight and has had regular maintenance. Two days ago while i was driving down the street, my passenger side rear wheel locked up, making it difficult to steer and after stopping the truck would then not move as the wheel remained locked. The vehicle was towed to a local repair shop where the licensed…
ODI 10384193
Parking Brake · Service Brakes, Hydraulic
This has happened 4 different occasions, a sudden shaking of vehicle and 4 th time the vehicle shook all over. At first, thought i was having a tire go down but after pulling off road each time, getting out and checking found nothing and then after a restart everything was ok. After i got home after this last spell i started reading on internet and most comments pointed toward parking brake problem. After thinking…
ODI 10362999
Driveline · Parking Brake
2004 f-150, moderate to severe vibration appearing to come from the drive train or drive line. Vibration appears in the 55 - 60 mph and can get so bad that i was forced to pull over to check vehicle for damage. Problem first surfaced after towing a 3500 lbs trailer for about 60 miles. No problem previously. F150 rated for 5000 lbs. Problem occurs intermittently but comes on suddenly and must pull over for fear of…
ODI 10330715
Driveline · Front · Parking Brake
My 2004 ford f 150 fx 4 regular cab flareside pickup which currently has 36,000 miles has a massive vibration / shuddering while under acceleration past forty miles per hour ; i have already taken the vehicle to the dealer where they told me that it was an emergency brake problem after getting fixed the problem occurred less than a week later ; it is going back into the dealer again to get rediagnosed and cost even…
ODI 10312268
Parking Brake
Parking brake is not disengaging properly causing intermittent rubbing/clicking sounds coming from rear wheels while driving. All parking brake cables, parking brake shoes and liners were replaced on 8/28/09. Now again on 12/12/09, i'm having the same problem and my truck must go in shop for diagnosis/repair again on 12/14/09. *tr
ODI 10295632