Integrated Trailer Brake Control Problems of Ford F-150

The contact owns a 2023 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving approximately 50 mph and hauling a horse trailer with several horses inside, the automatic headlights activated, and the trailer brake erroneously activated, causing the vehicle to abruptly stop in the middle of the road. During the failure, no injuries were reported to the vehicle occupants or the horses inside the trailer. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 45,000.

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The contact owns a 2015 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while towing a trailer and driving approximately 30 mph, the electronic trailer braking system erroneously activated, causing the vehicle to abruptly stop. The contact stated that minutes later there was a burning odor inside the cabin of the vehicle. The contact removed the main fuse, and the electronic trail brake was released. The contact determined that the electronic trailer brake control module had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The local dealer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 94,000.

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The contact owns a 2022 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving approximately 15 mph, the message "failure trailer brake module" was displayed on the instrument panel. The contact stated that the turn signal was flashing constantly. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed and determined that the trailer brake module was unresponsive. The vehicle was not repaired. The local dealer was contacted, but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to the NHTSA hotline to report the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 42,000.

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The contact owns a 2021 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed and hauling a trailer, the brake lights became inoperable. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The vehicle was diagnosed; however, the cause of the failure was not yet determined. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact to call the NHTSA hotline to report the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 38,000.

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The contact owns a 2023 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving 60-65 mph, there was a message indicating that the trailer brakes fault light was displayed. Additionally, an alarm sounded persistently, which interrupted the turn signal function. The contact stated that the failure had been recurring while driving. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where an unknown over-the-air update was performed; however, the failure recurred. The dealer then replaced the trailer brake control module; however, the failure persisted. The dealer informed the contact that there was no fix for the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and a case was opened. The manufacturer later advised the contact to retrieve the vehicle from the dealer because there was no fix for the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 12,000.

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2021 Ford f150 pickup- consumer states "I purchased a new 2021 Ford f150 pickup from capitol Ford in carson city nevada. I have 5-6 outstanding safety recalls. I having been trying to get the dealership to give me an appointment date for these for over a year and a half. I have also contacted Ford motor company who contacted the dealer last tall to try to get me an appointment. At the time the dealer told them I was scheduled to be called March of 2023 to schedule an appointment. Its now almost June and I still have not received an appointment. The next closest Ford dealer to me is over sixty miles away so it is not easy for me to go there nor do they give me a loaner or transportation to and from that dealership. I have asked Ford to buy back the pickup since, with this many outstanding safety issues I feel I paid them a lot of money for an unsafe vehicle that they and the dealer have not resolved. I'm asking you to contact Ford and get them to buy back this unsafe vehicle. " looked up NHTSA safety recalls from VIN: 21v090, 22v142, 22v193, & 23v163.

The standard trailer brake controller does not function. I have tried it on 2 known trailers that function with other trucks and this truck's does not work.

Towing faults. Trailer brake faults. System resets itself after truck shuts down and problems go away until an unknown later time. These problems can happen at any time while towing and can cause the tow vehicle to loose control especially when brakes are applied. Happened many times over a 4800 mile trip. The work around fix is to stop every now and then, turn off truck and wait 15 min before reattaching trailer wiring. This problem has not be reproduced by a dealer because the problem goes away after the truck sits and resets itself. At first a trailer module fault would appear when the problem started, after some time the faults would not appear and the trailer brake module would just stop working without warning.

Tl the contact owns a 2018 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the trailer brakes had limited functionality and would not stop the trailer properly. The failure occurred without warning. Meegan Ford (117 meegan Ford rd, mt pleasant, PA 15666) was contacted and stated that the trailer brake controller was missing when the vehicle was purchased and Ford had yet to send them the part. The manufacturer was contacted; however, the part was not released. The failure mileage was 4,000.

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My truck was parked and turned off, 5mins later the truck was on fire sorry I need somebody who speaks spanish.

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