2013 FORD F-150 — Complaint #1965189
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER filed February 6, 2024
NHTSA complaint #1965189 (ODI reference 11570390) concerns a 2013 FORD F-150 and was filed on February 6, 2024. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 1, 2023. The vehicle had 123,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Texas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:master cylinder, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same FORD F-150 cohort independently describe similar service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:master cylinder failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2013 FORD F-150 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2013 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the brake pedal was depressed and went to the floorboard and the brake was inoperable. The low brake fluid warning light illuminated. The contact added brake fluid however, the failure persisted. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed and determined that brake fluid was leaking from the brake master cylinder into the brake booster. The contact was informed that the brake master cylinder needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired due to the cost. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 123,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1965189 |
| ODI Number | 11570390 |
| Date Filed | February 6, 2024 |
| Failure Date | December 1, 2023 |
| VIN | 1FTEW1CM9DK |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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