Five problems related to brake disc caliper have been reported for the 2008 Ford F-350. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The contact owns a 2008 Ford F-350. The contact stated that the brake system failed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed the brakes, calipers and rotors needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but the problem persisted. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 20,000.
Monday, January 3, 2011, we were driving on a rural road in route to sharps chapel, tennessee when the right side front passenger caliper/rotor assembly failed causing smoking and burning smell of the brake shoes forcing me to pull to the side of the road. After allowing the brakes to cool, I contacted and drove to morristown Ford in tennessee and they to attempted to repair the brakes by disassembling and cleaning the caliper/rotor since they did not have the parts available to appropriately rectify the situation. This repair was not effective and the problem has repeated itself 3 times since then, most recently on October 5, 2012. This appears to be a very dangerous vehicle design and/or part failure!! Ford needs to rectify this problem!!.
2008 Ford F-350 sd diesel 31000 miles brake caliper failure the vehicle had lag because the brakes were stuck on once vehicle was stopped the smell of the brake was very noticeable also very hot could not touch the wheel hub once the caliper was removed it was a piece that had broken inside causing the brakes to stick while I was buying the caliper there was another truck same problem only 18,000 miles also comments from parts that this happens all the time .
Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6) 2008 F-350 super duty truck [xxx] front caliper lockup overheat, smoke and failure. Vehicle has 29,000 miles, all required factory maintenance requirements met at or before required intervals. Normal drive of 14 miles averaging 50-60 mph, with final 1/2 mil portion at airport and at 25-30 mph. Front left (driver) side caliper fails to release, drive of 1/8 mile to parking lot revealed smoking and locked caliper. No previous brake issues. 900 mile freeway round trip (450 mi per day)( completed within the previous 3 days all with no issues. Dealer is replacing caliper, disc and pads under warranty. Cause of failure is not released to owner as dealer is required to send defective caliper to Ford for analysis. . All three remaining calipers are of the same type.
I have a 2008 Ford f350 super duty 4x4 crew cab diesel dully. Several months ago while driving the truck the rear driver side brake locked. After investigating the problem the rear brake caliper had broken. Was able to carefully drive to Ford dealership in terrell TX. They accused me of running over something. After repairing the brake caliper they apologized for the accusation. The had to replace brake caliper tire and rim. This same thing occurred last Wednesday. Except this was the opposite side on the rear. This time the vehicle was traveling through an intersection and almost caused a horrible accident. One the brake locks up it pulls the vehicle to that side causing me to lose control of the vehicle. This vehicle has been in and out of the shop for numerous problems. Had the diesel engine replaced in oct just 4 months after purchasing it.