NHTSA Complaint #11088932 — 2016 FORD F-53

PURCHASED NEW IN AUGUST, 2016. ONE MONTH LATER WE DROVE OUR NEW MOTORHOME SOUTHWEST INTO NM AND AZ. AT 2735 MILES ON THE ODOMETER IN CENTRAL NM WE GOT TWO BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHTS WHILE TRAVELING WEST ON I-40 AT 65 MPH. WE STOPPED TO INSPECT SYSTEM. FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE EXTREMELY HOT! FRONT MASTER CYLINDER CHAMBER SPILLED OUT EXTREMELY HOT BRAKE FLUID! I ADJUSTED IT'S LEVEL THEN CHECKED REAR CHAMBER. IT WAS ABOUT 2' BELOW CORRECT LEVEL. I FILLED TO CORRECT LEVEL. FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE THIS I NOTICED A VERY HARD BRAKE PEDAL WITH DECREASING BRAKE EFFICIENCY. WE STOPPED IN ALBUQUERQUE, NM AND CONTACTED BOTH FORD DEALERS ADVERTISING RV/TRUCK SERVICE. WE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT 7 WORKING DAYS JUST TO GET INTO THEIR SHOPS! THEY DID SCAN OUR VEHICLE AND TURNED OFF THE WARNING LIGHTS. THIS HAS REACCURED TWICE SINCE THEN. OUR MOTORHOME CURRENTLY HAS 7785 MILES ON IT AND WE CAN'T TRUST THE BRAKES. BEING IN THE CAR BUSINESS FOR OVER 50 YEARS MY GUESS IS THIS SYSTEM IS TRYING TO STOP OUR 18,000 POUNDS WITH FRONT BRAKES ONLY. WE PULL A 2011 JEEP WRANGLER WITH IT. THE JEEP HAS A FULLY FUNCTIONAL 'BRAKE BUDDY' ALWAYS INSTALLED AND OPERATING.