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10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
0 miles

About These NHTSA Complaints:

This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.

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1997 Ford F-150 brakes problems

brakes problem

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1997 Ford F-150 Owner Comments

problem #3

Sep 182000

F-150

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The emergency / parking brake cable has broken for the second time (previous break reported to NHTSA in 1997 / 1998) break was aprox 7" from pedal end of cable (same place as before). Replacement part # F65Z-2853ba $32.78. Suspect cable is not the problem but the pedal assembly could be designed / manufactured incorrectly causing cable to be pinched / chaffed. I was just lucky that the cable snapped when I was on the flat and not in my inclined driveway! still have cable if you wish to inspect it, will gladly send it to your engineers just give me an address.

- San Antonio, TX, USA

problem #2

Sep 182000

F-150

  • miles
The emergency / parking brake cable has broken for the second time (previous break reported to NHTSA in 1997 / 1998) break was aprox 7" from pedal end of cable (same place as before). Replacement part # F65Z-2853ba $32.78. Suspect cable is not the problem but the pedal assembly could be designed / manufactured incorrectly causing cable to be pinched / chaffed. I was just lucky that the cable snapped when I was on the flat and not in my inclined driveway! still have cable if you wish to inspect it, will gladly send it to your engineers just give me an address.

- San Antonio, TX, USA

problem #1

Mar 302000

F-150 4WD

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Parking brake failure, resulted in car rolling away

- Hoskins, NE, USA

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