The brake lines located above the fuel tank rub and burst. This seems to be a very common issue related to a poor design. Ford will not discuss the issue when questioned about it.

- Helena, MT, USA

I was driving on the interstate and hit a bump in the road and the steering wheel was shaking uncontrollably, brakes barely worked while trying to pull off the road. At first I thought that my tires were about to come off my truck, the shaking was so bad that items in the seat ended up on the floorboard of the truck. While trying to get the truck to stop and off the interstate I was almost rear ended by an 18 wheeler.

- Bessemer, AL, USA

I can not get this soft break to go away! it never had a solid break but I bought it used and figured it needed a break job. I had calipers to start locking up one after the other within a couple days of each other, so I replace them all. Then the new ones started getting hot. So I replace all the break lines and master cylinder. After all that I still have a very soft break, almost as if there is air in the lines. I know air can't be the issue because the break system was bleed using a machine. Now after doing research online I have come across a lot of people talking about this exact issue. This needs to get fixed, there is no way to tell when you are actually having break issue come up because they feel spongy when they are working at there best.

- Lexington, NC, USA

The left rear brake gets hot and smokes and wont release. We took it to our Ford dealership while it was still under warranty. They drove it and said there was nothing wrong with it. We've had to replace the brakes on that tire only now 3 times. Each time the brakes are completely worn through the metal, the rotor has had to be replaced as well as the calipers. Again this has only happened with the left rear tire. The other tires have the original brakes on them. Something has been wrong with this tire since the truck was brand new.

- Wingo, KY, USA

Rear brake line (steel) ruptured resulting in complete loss of brakes at all four wheels. The brake line was routed to close to the gas tank resulting in the line rubbing on the gas tank. Overtime, the coating on the line failed and then the exposed bare metal rusted. When the metal became to thin, the pressure in the line ruptured the brake line at the thin/rusted location. All brake fluid leaked out and the brakes no longer worked. The vehicle was in motion when the brakes failed on a city street. If the vehicle had been assembled so that the brake lines could not contact the gas tank, this failure would have been prevented.

- Acworth, NH, USA

The contact owns a 2011 Ford F-250. While driving approximately 50 mph, the brakes failed and the brake pedal traveled to the floor when fully applied. As a result, the contact crashed into a bridge abutment. There were no injuries. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence and was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 48,000.

- Torring, WY, USA