Brake Light On problems of the 2010 Ford F-150

Tl- the contact owns a 2010 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the vehicle had been experiencing leaking in the interior of the truck during inclement weather. The failure happened without warning the vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was confirmed that the vehicle was leaking was coming through the 3rd brake light. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 92,000. Kh.

I have 2010 Ford f150 fx4. I have 36000 miles on it and am the original. Bought it new from dealership. Today I was towing my horse trailer with 2 horses in it and came through the residential area near the barn. Speed limit is 30 miles an hour and I was doing 25 and was actually braking to slow it down to 20. I heard a weird engine noise and suddenly the truck surged and took off. We hit almost 50 miles an hour in this residential 2 lane road in a matter of seconds and I was standing on the brakes with both feet. My friend in the truck was downshifting (automatic) for me in an attempt to slow engine down. We managed to get it to 2nd and with me standing on brakes we were able to keep it at 40 mph. Neutral had no effect and rpms way too high for first gear-every time I slightly lifted my foot of the brakes slightly, we surged to 50 and the truck kept trying to go faster. Nothing we tried could get it to stop, slow or return to normal. We tried neutral and nothing happened. It was not the floor mat or the tow feature. Did not have speed control on. Scariest ride of my life and with two horses behind me. I was prepared to hit a tree or rock wall as we were running out of road. I was terrified of jack knifing. We finally hit an incline for a hill and we slammed it into nuetral again,pulled the emergency brake and shut off the engine when we got to the top. Think my brakes completly burned out and smoke was coming from my engine. Numerous people that we had terrified pulled over with us once we got the runaway truck stopped. Called tow truck and had towed to dealership and will see what they say tomorrow. I shudder to think what could have happened had someone pulled onto the road in front of us or a deer stepped out. I am terrified of this truck now.

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).

The "downhill decent control fault" light comes on at random times while driving down the road. When the fault light comes on and remains on. , it also causes the brake lights on the vehicle to come on and remain on until you can the fault light decides to go off. So while driving down the road, and even worse, when in traffic, the fault light may come on and cause the brake lights on the rear of the vehicle to shine, signaling to other drivers that this vehicle is slowing or coming to a stop, when it is not. This can, in certain instances, be very dangerous. Turning the vehicle ignition off will at time alleviate the problem, but that is not always an option while driving down the road, or in traffic. The light also comes on with no warning, and with no use of the system that is indicated is faulting.