NHTSA Complaint #10761535 — 2011 FORD F-150

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH AND DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN, THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PUMPED AND THE VEHICLE SLID INTO THE INTERSECTION. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS. ON THE THIRD OCCASION, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL FAILED TO RESPOND WHEN DEPRESSED. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PUMPED AS THE CONTACT SLID INTO AN INTERSECTION. THE CONTACT CLIPPED THE REAR OF A JEEP THAT WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, CAUSING THE JEEP TO FLIP OVER TWICE BEFORE LANDING UPRIGHT. THE CONTACT AND THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE SUSTAINED INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION AND WERE TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A BODY SHOP, BUT THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. THE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE POWERED OFF, THEY WOULD INDEPENDENTLY SWIPE ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD APPROXIMATELY EVERY TEN SECONDS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUSE HAD TO BE REMOVED SO THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD DISENGAGE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000.