1. Ford F-350
  2. Problems
  3. 2012
  4. Service Brakes

2012 Ford F-350 Service Brakes Problems

6
Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Among these 6 stored complaint records:

  • 1 indicate a crash
  • 1 indicate injury
  • 0 indicate fire

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
100–150k mi2
1–30k mi2
150–400k mi1
60–100k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • January 25, 2020 · 110,000 miles

    Service Brakes · Vehicle Speed Control

    Truck hit bump (small curb) with driver's side front wheel and simultaneously started accelerating and had total brake loss. This happened while driving towards a gas bump in a filling station. Vehicle accelerated from about 10 mph to probably over 30 mph until it hit a stationary truck.

    Crash reported · 1 injury

    ODI 11309643

  • December 24, 2019 · 165,000 miles

    Service Brakes

    On 12-24-19 i was driving ~55 mph on a [redacted] and had an accident occur in front of me in which i had to slam on my brakes to avoid the wreck. My truck slowed but not like it was supposed to and i had to swerve off the shoulder to avoid contact with other vehicles. The brakes master cylinder reservoir had blow off causing my truck to loose brake fluid and the use of my brakes.

    ODI 11292084

  • October 4, 2019 · 116,000 miles

    Service Brakes · Steering · Suspension

    4 months ago i was traveling at 50 mph. While driving my ford f350 superduty at that speed the truck had an extremely bad and violent shake in the steering wheel. During this time i had no steering control, braking was at a very minimal, and pulled the truck into oncoming traffic. This has happened 6 other times in the past 4 months. During this time ford mechanics have told me that this doesnt appear to be a common…

    ODI 11309061

  • May 5, 2017 · 25,340 miles

    Service Brakes

    Brakes are spongy and take longer to respond in a critical stop.

    ODI 10984718

  • May 1, 2015 · 66,000 miles

    Service Brakes

    Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford f-350. While attempting to stop the vehicle, the brakes suddenly malfunctioned and made the vehicle very difficult to stop. The removed the brake pads and discovered that the brake pistons in the caliper were shattered. Upon further inspection, the contact discovered that the failure was caused by three rivets on the brake pads that made contact with the pistons. The contact…

    ODI 10716536

  • July 3, 2013 · 26,000 miles

    Service Brakes

    2012 f350 super duty was parked at the top of a driveway that sloped downward on a 33% grade. I put the truck in reverse to back down the driveway and when i attempted to press the brake pedal to regulate the speed on descent of the slope, the brakes froze up and had no power. I had to stand on them to attempt to slow down. This did not have any effect so i slammed the transmission into park, which also had no…

    ODI 10523164