Brake Disc Caliper problems of the 2005 Ford F-150

Had to replace wheel bearing, pads and rotors at 33000 miles. 5000 miles later caliper froze locking brakes. Another brake job had to be done.

2005 f150 4x2 regular cab. . Purchased new from al packerd Ford, royal palm beach, FL. I have noticed a vibration/shudder, from intermittently to continuously on short trips. On longer trips I noticed a couple times an odor of something burning. I brought it to advantage Ford, 4000 se federal highway. Po box 2930, stuart, FL. 34995, phone: 772-287-0955, to have it inspected and they said I needed a brake caliper on the right passenger side. Mileage at time of inspection: 62,701. My concern is that this is a safety defect and a manufacturer defect as well.

2005 Ford F-150 supercrew with bad shaking/vibration. Consumer states that the dealer replaced the calipers, brake pads, and machined the rotors. Consumer found out about TSB's for this exact problem with the model and model year truck.

Returning home from errands Friday evening, my husband noticed a burning smell coming from the back of my truck. Upon further investigation, the right rear passenger tire rim was very hot and there was a strong, burning odor. Not wanting to due further damage, we made an immediate appointment with a local repair shop Saturday morning. The mechanic was surprised he had to replace the right rear passenger caliper, brake pads and the right rear rotor now just makes spec after having to be resurfaced. I am the primary driver of this truck and almost always have my two small children with me. Obviously, there is a problem here that someone needs to address immediately before there are any injuries or deaths. What has to happen to get someones attention and have such a serious safety defect corrected? and let me just add that I only have 23, 500 miles on my truck.

I own a Ford F-150 pickup truck. The rear caliper is broken and the front struts are leaking. I only have 34,000 miles on this vehicle. Please e-mail me back with info about this problem. Thank you lionel parent.

Severe front brake shudder starting at 40,000 miles: turned rotor, severe brake shudder at 60,000 miles: replace l front rotor and brake pad: severe shudder at 80,000 miles: presently at 110,000 miles and Ford tells me I need to replace the rotors and caliper to solve a problem that Ford knew about before I purchased the new vehicle in Aug 2005 (service bulletin 100117872 June 1 2005). It was not right for Ford to sell me a truck with brakes that were already under a service bulletin.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford F-150. While driving 50 mph, the rear calipers froze. The wheels began smoking and the vehicle was taken to the dealer. They stated that there was a malfunction with the calipers. The dealer also discovered that an axle seal was leaking, which saturated the brake fuse for the emergency brake. The dealer replaced the seal and calipers and turned down all four rotors on the vehicle, but did not replace the brake pads. The failure recurred and the dealer replaced the rear calipers, rear rotors, and brake pads. The contact wanted to charge him for the brake pads (parts, not labor). The current mileage was 29,250 and failure mileage was 12,500. Updated 4/2/08 updated 04/02/08.

While driving my 2005 f150, the passenger side rear tire started locking up and smelling really bad. I stopped to investigate and found the rim to be very hot. I drove it a few more miles to a local Ford dealer. They said they were going to loan me a car for free and fix the problem. I asked what problem and they said the problem they have started having with f150 brake calipers locking up while customers are driving. It bothers me that I had to find out about the problem this way. I think Ford should be telling customers about this problem right now before someone gets hurt bad from this defect.