2016 Ford F-150 REGULAR CAB - Ratings, Complaints and Recalls

"when braking, the brake pedal goes to the floor and makes stopping the vehicle difficult. there is no sign of leaks from the lines, and is acting like the open recall on other vin numbers on this model however ford does not have an open recall on this vin. the recall is the brake booster leaking into the master cylinder."

"the contact owns a 2016 ford f-150. the contact stated that while driving at 5 mph, the contact approached a stop sign and depressed the brake pedal. however, the brake pedal was inoperable and the vehicle did not stop. due to the brake pedal failure, the contact rear-ended the vehicle in front of him. no damage was done to either vehicle. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact to contact nhtsa to report the failure. the failure mileage was approximately 104,000."

"front left brake hose burst at 116000 miles. appears to be a manufacturer defect. there is no evidence of any physical damage. this is happening way too ofter on these vehicle for it not to be a defect. i will be replacing the part this week and will save the old one in case you want to see it. my wife was actively driving the vehicle when it failed but was able to stop the vehicle without damaging anything."

"the right front brake hose split, leading to a complete loss in braking capability while the truck was moving. the brake went to the floor with no braking. i have looked online and found multiple cases of this brake hose splitting in exactly this place. fortunately, i was able to safely come to a stop."

"both factory brake lines ruptured and had to be replaced. the first was passenger side front brake line. i thought it was an anomaly or possibly even vandalism since it happened in a high school parking lot. then, the driver's side ruptured several months later. both times the vehicle was in motion but thankfully both times were in the parking lot and not the interstate. i was able to stop the vehicle with the parking brake since the brake pedal lost pressure. had it been on the interstate, i would likely not be writing this message."

"while driving, the brakes gave out when coming to a stop light. no warning system lights immediately illuminated. i had been running errands in town that morning with no issue, including stopping at church a couple minutes before with no issues. thankfully, no one was in front of me at the stop light and i was able to avoid running the stop light by using the emergency brake pedal. i tired to release the e-brake once stopped while still in "drive" and the regular breaks couldn't hold the truck in one spot so i put the vehicle in neutral. when the light turned green, i release the brakes and then got a low brake fluid warning and was able to safely pull into a nearby parking lot and stop using the e-brake pedal. i walked around the vehicle to notice brake fluid in the right-front wheel well, inside the wheel rim and a pool of brake fluid forming on the ground by the tire. i had the vehicle towed to an independent service center who confirmed the brake line failure of the rubber/soft line at the linkage of the hard and rubber/soft lines. they replaced the part and replaced my brake fluid. anecdotally, the service shop said they had the same repair on an f150 within a week prior. luckily, i was on a low speed road with little traffic and knew to use the e-brake to safely slow and park the car. also lucky"

"front passenger side brake line failed when driving down a rural highway. the line failed just below the inboard fitting. obviously losing the brakes put me and my family in a dangerous situation. luckily we were able to bring the vehicle to a stop in a near by dot yard. this happened at night so we slept in the dot yard. we were able to find a replacement line in a near by town and get it repaired the next morning. i inspected the drivers side line and found a buldge in the same location. i have replaced that line as well. i have saved the lines incase someone would like to inspect them. i did not notice any symptoms proir to the failure. the only warning lamp or message i received was after i had lost some brake fluid."

"truck was just recently serviced with oil chang and fluids toped off. drove to work in the morning with no issue. went to leave after my work day my brake light and check fluid warning came on. looked all over vehicle and could not find any leaks. filled brake reservoir with dot 4 fluid and everything went back to normal. drove a couple miles and brake lights and warning came back on and brake pedal went to the floor almost running a stop sign as i hurriedly used the emergency brake to stop. pulled to a empty lot and again went over entire vehicle even pulled carpet back from fire wall to check for leaks. nothing everything is dry. apon searching the internet i found there is a recall for the exact same issue same years and vehicle but my vin isn't a part of the recall"

"front right brake hose ruptured."

"i came to an intersection and stopped. while my foot was on the brake pedal it became soft after 5 seconds and then was depressed to the floor board. while remaining stopped i pumped the brakes and they continued to be soft and spongy. i then proceeded through the intersection and proceeded to enter interstate 10 just outside of luling, tx. while traveling at 70 mph i tried my brakes again and quickly realized i didn’t have the ability to stop. i slowed my speed, found the next exit ramp and pumped my brakes and down shifted to bring my 2016 ford f-150 to a stop on the shoulder. while stopped i pumped my brakes again and the brake pedal went directly to the floor with no resistance. my truck was not safe to drive so i had it towed to the nearest town of luling, tx. the mechanic diagnosed the problem where the rubber brake line on the right front wheel had ruptured causing the loss of hydraulic pressure and fluid."