Automatic Emergency Braking problems of the 2024 Ford F-150

Seven problems related to automatic emergency braking have been reported for the 2024 Ford F-150. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2024 Ford F-150 based on all problems reported for the 2024 F-150.

1 Automatic Emergency Braking problem

Failure Date: 03/04/2026

I was involved in a rear end collision where I was at fault. I suspect the adas in my 2024 F-150 malfunctioned because it did not prevent the collision. I impacted the rear of a minivan at approximately 20 mph. The adas did not take evasive action. Previously I have had nuisance activations of the visual and aural warnings for the pre-collision system, followed by a warning message that radar guided cruise control was not available.

2 Automatic Emergency Braking problem

Failure Date: 02/05/2026

I was in a accident where I was going a okay speed in traffic where suddenly the car in front of me brakes and my emergency brakes did not activate so I had to slam on mines to avoid impact but the car behind me hit me causing me to impact the car in front and with no airbag deployment from impact in back and front. Causing me later with neck and head pain.

3 Automatic Emergency Braking problem

Failure Date: 12/16/2025

I was attempting to leave a parking spot when while maneuvering the vehicle it suddenly and unexpectedly accelerated to a high speed into a tree. There is a police report and security video as the incident took place in a hospital parking lot. The truck is totaled and settled but insurance company not interested in liability. My wife and I were injured. I have no idea or explanation for the sudden acceleration. Nobody is investigating if there was a vehicle malfunction or not. I just want it documented somewhere in case it is happening a lot. The crash was violent and occurred from a near complete stop on a clear day with no distractions.

4 Automatic Emergency Braking problem

Failure Date: 10/29/2025

I’ve now had two major safety issues with my 2024 Ford F-150 stx. 1. September 2025 – loss of acceleration while driving I was driving north at about 40 mph when my truck suddenly stopped accelerating. It felt like it went into neutral on its own. I pressed the gas and nothing happened — the truck just started coasting. There were no alerts, no warning lights, and no explanation. I had to safely pull off the road while the truck was basically free-rolling. 2. Most recent incident – emergency brakes slamming on in an empty parking lot when I was leaving a facility recently, I was driving slowly through an empty walgreens parking lot — no cars or obstacles anywhere around me. Out of nowhere, the truck’s emergency brakes slammed on extremely hard. It didn’t just happen once — the brakes locked up five times within about a minute while I was in drive. There were zero warning messages on the dash each time. The jolts were so violent that my son flew forward and hit the seat in front of him. My right leg slammed into the dash, and the impact was so strong I ended up in the er afterward with severe pain on my right side.

5 Automatic Emergency Braking problem

Failure Date: 06/15/2025

On [xxx], at approximately [xx], a deer unexpectedly ran out from the side of the road and struck the side of my vehicle. The deer ran out from a tree line that backs up to a neighborhood adjacent to [xxx] the deer was to the left, and the a-pillar blocked the view of the deer, which was traveling at relatively the same speed as the truck, which kept the deer in the blind spot until impact. Despite the impact, the crash avoidance system did not detect the animal, did not initiate braking, and did not provide any audible or visual alerts that an accident had occurred. The truck continued moving forward until I manually applied the brakes. The deer was relatively similar in size to a teenager, and all though the vehicle is not designed to detect animals, it is still concerning it did not even register the deer, did not do any evasive steering, did not apply brakes when the accident occurred, and did not even notify me of the accident before, during, or post crash event. With the advertised safety features on the truck, I worry that if this had been person, the truck would not have registered the person either. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

6 Automatic Emergency Braking problem

Failure Date: 03/05/2025

The weather was heavy rain. The road was a two lane rural roadway with a 35mph speed limit. There were no other vehicles present and there were no obstructions in the roadway. As I slowed approaching a stop sign, the collision warning system activated. Traction control activated. The vehicle began braking. The transmission put itself in park at ~15 mph. When the vehicle stopped moving it turned itself off. The vehicle came to a stop in the lane it was traveling in at the time it began to malfunction. The vehicle transmission would not come out of park. When I attempted to restart the vehicle it activated the horn until it was turned off again. Safety issue was the vehicle sudden stop and coming to rest in the travelled portion of the roadway. The vehicle was towed to battlefield Ford in culpeper va on the date of the incident ([xxx]) and it was returned to me on [xxx]. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

7 Automatic Emergency Braking problem

Failure Date: 12/12/2024

Anti lock brake fault and disabled hill start assist failure collision waring system failure all of these occurred while driving. Luckily I was able to move the vehicle of the road and was able to avoid any accidents.


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