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2017 FORD EXPEDITION — Complaint #2077956

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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER filed March 27, 2025

NHTSA complaint #2077956 (ODI reference 11651164) concerns a 2017 FORD EXPEDITION and was filed on March 27, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on March 27, 2025. The vehicle had 65,744 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 EXPEDITION 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 2017 FORD EXPEDITION shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2017 FORD EXPEDITION
Component
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
State
Texas
Mileage
65,744 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2017 Ford Expedition. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, while depressing the brake pedal, there was no resistance, requiring the contact to depress the pedal forcefully to slow down the vehicle, with the message "Low Brake Fluid" displayed on the instrument panel. The vehicle was towed to a local dealer where the vehicle was diagnosed, and the contact was advised that the brake master cylinder, brake booster, and the vacuum sensor were faulty and were possibly the cause of the failure. The contact was informed that the brake master cylinder, brake booster, and the vacuum sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 65,744.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 2077956
ODI Number 11651164
Date Filed March 27, 2025
Failure Date March 27, 2025
VIN 1FMJU1HT5HE

Similar SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER Complaints for 2017 FORD EXPEDITION

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.