Brake Master Cylinder Problems of Ford F-250

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.

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The contact owns a 2011 Ford F-250. While driving at an unknown speed, the brakes failed and the brake pedal traveled to the floor when fully applied. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the brake pads, master cylinder, and abs needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure persisted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 34,000. The VIN was not available.

I was traveling on the highway during five o clock traffic at a speed of approximately 40 mph when suddenly the vehicles in front of me began crashing into each other. I pressed my foot on the brake pedal to stop and suddenly the pedal went straight to the floor and I smashed into the back of the car in front of me. Today the auto shop handling the repairs called me in to look at what happened. The master cylinder broke completely free from the booster. The metal brackets broke in half and separated causing the lose of brakes and the accident. I have photos of the master cylinder blown away from the booster.

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2003 Ford F-250 super duty. Consumer states vehicle caused an accident when the brake pedal went to the floor while approaching stopped cars the consumer stated the vehicle was ordered with abs and a dual master cylinder, so if the front or rear brakes failed, he would at least have two wheel brakes to stop and lock up completely. After the truck was picked up and taken to a garage, the tow truck driver found parts lying on his truck bed. They were from a switch on the end of the master cylinder. The housing for the switch rotted away allowing the switch to fall apart. Without the switch blocking the hole in the end of the master cylinder, there were no brakes. The consumer believed there was a flaw in the system, because it should have at least allowed him to have two wheel brakes. The consumer stated with all the safety built into the brake system, how did one switch wipe out the entire brake system when it failed.

The contact owns a 2000 Ford F-250 sd. While driving 10 mph, the contact smelled burning wires in the vehicle and noticed smoke coming from the hood. He pulled the vehicle over and opened the hood. The smoke ceased, but there was a melted black wire under the master cylinder, which he believes caused the smoke. The contact drove back home, looked under the hood again, and noticed that it was the brake pressure switch. Through research, he found that there was a recall, but it did not include diesel engines. The dealer was unable to assist. The current and failure mileages were 160,000.

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The rear brake line failed due to corrosion. The failed brake line allowed the brake fluid to totally drain the reservoir on the master cylinder. The reservoir for the rear brakes is shared with the front brakes so that the front brakes were no longer able to function as well. The operator then has no brakes at all on the vehicle with the exception of the parking brake. In the case of the first failure, I was able to use the manual transmission to slow the vehicle and then shift into reverse (it has synchros in reverse as well) to stop the vehicle. In the case of the second failure, the vehicle was in my driveway when the failure occurred. Even though the brake pedal was only pushed once, the reservoir still completely drained leaving absolutely no brakes. I feel that this brake failure mode does not comply with the intent of what I understand the law to be, that requires a split brake system that enables the operator to stop the vehicle when either front or rear brakes fail. The current brake system does have a split master cylinder but the common reservoir feature prevents the split master cylinder from operating as intended/required.

The vehicle is a 2004 Ford F-250 super duty I stepped on my brakes and heard a pop. The pedal went to the floor. When I got the vehicle stopped, and investigated, I found that one of the two bolts that mount the master cylinder had broken off. This left the master cylinder hanging by one bent bolt and the brakes were not functioning. Very scary. Low grade bolts? I am the original owner of the truck. Here is an internet posting of other people having similar problems. . Read more...

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The contact owns a 2000 Ford F-250 sd. The contact stated that the vehicle was losing brake fuel, which was leaking from the master cylinder push rod retainer clip. The failure occurs when the vehicle is in motion or parked. The dealer stated that they would not repair the failure for free because the vehicle was not included in a recall. The failure mileage was 83,000.

2002 Ford F-250 super duty complete brake failure, resulted in accident. Failure caused by faulty booster pump and master cylinder issues. Ford denies any issues with said components, a quick search on the net results in hundreds of similar occurrences. $1400 in parts to repair. Insurance would not cover "mechanical parts".

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2002 f250 5. 4l s/d s/c the same speed control switch failure due to normal brake usage as warned online and in Ford's recall. I never received a letter for the recall, I discovered the information online. Why is Ford only putting a band-aid on this problem? why are they not fixing the switch or the master cylinder to solve this problem? cost, I'm sure. Sad.

Depressed clutch pedal and released it. The pedal rose an additional 4 inches making it very difficult if not impossible to use the clutch. I was informed by the dealer this was a common problem and I had been lucky that it had not risen an additional . 25 inch because I would have had no clutch. Ford knew there was a problem with the master cylinder and had an upgrade kit available which I knew nothing about. I assume the same master cylinder is used in the brakes.

Whiel the vehicle was parked for a few days, a mechanic noticed smoke coming from under the truck. He opened the hood and the engine compartment was engulfed in flames. The flames were coming from the master cylinder. As the brake fluid resevoir melted brake fluid it made the fire bigger. No problems with the vehicle prior to the fire. No after market equipment. Photos and investigation report mailed to bruce york.

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Total brake failure on our 1999 F-250 super duty Ford diesel at 69,600 miles with no warning that there was anything wrong. Had this happened on the day before when we were towing our 22' 5000lb boat at turnpike speed there would have been a bad crash.

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The metal brake line from the master cylinder up to the front wheels has a hole, which was worn into from rubbing against the moving steering wheel shaft. Causing a loss of braking fluid. Consumer states that this line should have been secured to the firewall, to prevent situations like this from occuring. Also the brake line was replaced by the dealer under warranty.

Brakes first was having problems at approx 15,000 miles the rotors had went out. Fallon Ford supposely turned the rotors and put new pads on. At approx. 28,000 miles lithia turned the rotors and put new pads on, stating that fallon never did that, then later on the brakes still acting up pulling right. Lithia put on a new master cylinder, lithia also had the alighment problem so they had shimms put in. Lithia relplaced the electronic cluster twice. When taken in a gain for chattering lithia said there was nothing wrong with the brakes, they also said because it was out of warranty they would not work on it with out being paid. Jones west Ford reviewed all of the paper work and seeing that it met the lemon law they refused to work on it. Letter was written to the ceo of Ford, who said they could not do anything because the trunk is used for business. The district rep that came to lithia said they could not replace the truck because lithia was not a Ford/truck dealer ship that the truck should be replaced, litha since has refused to work on the truck, fallon refuses to replace the truck. Now the brakes have completely failed. We took it in to a goodyear shop who said when we had the electrical failure the abs box and the porportioning valve should have been replace and is what probably was what caused this problem.