Ford F-350 Service Brakes Problems
- 48
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 18
- Years with records
- 1999–2019
- Stored years
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 48 stored complaint records:
- 6 indicate a crash
- 2 indicate injury
- 2 indicate fire
- 1 indicate a death
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- brake pedal · 13 records
- steering wheel · 10 records
- parking brake · 8 records
- failure mileage · 7 records
- master cylinder · 6 records
- brake lines · 5 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 19 |
| 100–150k mi | 11 |
| 60–100k mi | 8 |
| 150–400k mi | 5 |
| 30–60k mi | 5 |
Complaint evidence
Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.
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
Service Brakes
Paeking brake backing plates completely rusted through when replacong brake rotors. Forums say this is a common problem. Ford should powder coat the parts.if this prone to rust. May cause wheel.lock at high speed.
ODI 11300483
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
Service Brakes · Steering · Suspension
During speeds 50 mph or above the front of truck will shake violently losing control of steer and breaking. It only takes the edge of a cement transition between regular road and bridge or some basic rough spots to start the violent shaking. During speeds between 35 and 50 after driving over rough road front will shimmy and smoothout. I have had 3 near misses with other vehicles due to the extreme and violent…
ODI 11287932
Service Brakes · Steering
I started my truck and started down my driveway. The steering wheel was very hard to turn so i attempted to stop and the power brakes were out as well and only had manual brakes so i had to pull the steering wheel hard to turn and press the brakes very hard to stop the truck. I stopped the truck, turned it off then back on and the steering wheel with a whine and the brakes worked but not fully. It felt like the abs…
ODI 11278842
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
Service Brakes · Steering
I was driving my 2018 f350 crew cab dually deisel traveling at approx. 55mph down a hill. I was towing my 20ft equipment trailer with my tractor on it for a combined weight of about 6k pounds. As i was traveling down this hill, i hit a pothole and immediately lost control of my vehicle as the steering wheel shook so violently, i couldn't keep my hands on it. I panicked and did what i could, which was slam on the…
ODI 11258771
Service Brakes
Cruse control switch on the brake master cylinder disintegrated, causing immediate loss of brake fluid and braking. Switch body appeared rusty, while the switch next to it on the master cylinder did not. Vehicle in motion, descending driveway when brake pedal went to the floor and all braking action was lost. Vehicle stopped via emergency brake.
ODI 11300300