Brake Disc Problems of Ford F-450

Ford F-450 owners have reported 2 problems related to brake disc (under the service brakes category). The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Brake Disc problem of the 1999 Ford F-450

Failure Date: 11/13/1998

Driver side rear disc brakes, due to engineering design,(calipers on front of rotor) will not clean debris (mud,sand, gravel) from surface of rotor, this has resulted in two rotors being grounded into cooling web. Can result in shoes locking rotor and causing major accident. We also have a 1999 Ford f550 with the same problem , resulting in 3 rotor changes. We operate commercially in sand, mud (offroad).

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2 Brake Disc problem of the 1996 Ford F-450

When applying the brakes with a load on the truck, the front brakes locked up and the rear brakes are ineffective. Dealer has seen 3 times. Dealer adjusted brake proportioning valve to maximum setting and removed the factory installed toggle which partially alleviated the problem, consumer stated that Ford motor company would not cooperate. Also, front brakes prone to lock up when apply brakes on wet or soft footting under normal road conditions, consumer states that there is a cold start exhuast manifold leak.

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