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2004 FORD F-150 — Complaint #532025

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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC filed April 25, 2005

NHTSA complaint #532025 (ODI reference 10118409) concerns a 2004 FORD F-150 and was filed on April 25, 2005. The owner reports the failure occurred on April 25, 2005. The vehicle had 6,100 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Hawaii based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:disc, 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. No VIN was supplied by the filer, so this complaint contributes to model-year trend data but cannot be tied to a specific vehicle.

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:disc 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 2004 FORD F-150 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2004 FORD F-150
Component
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
State
Hawaii
Mileage
6,100 mi

Complaint Description

THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE WHEEL SHIMMY'S WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES AND IT GETS PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. I HAVE TO TAKE IT INTO THE SHOP AGAIN TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT - THE FIRST TIME THEY GROUND THE ROTORS - NOW I WILL WANT THEM TO REPLACE THE PADS AND BRAKE ROTORS. IT IS VERY SCARY TO DRIVE AROUND A CORNER WHEN YOU MUST APPLY THE BRAKES.*AK

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 532025
ODI Number 10118409
Date Filed April 25, 2005
Failure Date April 25, 2005

Similar SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC Complaints for 2004 FORD F-150

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