Ford F-150 brakes are under investigation by federal auto-safety regulators after reports of "sudden and complete loss" of brake effectiveness on some 2015 and 2016 models of the popular truck.
The investigation involves 282,000 pickups after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration received 25 complaints of brake loss, USA Today reported.
Ten of those are related to model year 2015 trucks and allege "symptoms of brake pedal going to the floor with sudden and complete loss of brake effectiveness, brake warning lamp illumination, and/or low or empty brake fluid level," the NHTSA said on its website. Fifteen complaints for 2016 trucks describe "sudden and complete loss of brakes without the brake warning lamp illumination and low brake fluid level."
The investigation will "assess the scope, frequency and safety-related consequences of the alleged defect in the subject vehicles," the NHTSA said.
"We will cooperate with NHTSA on these investigations, as we always do," Ford spokeswoman Elizabeth Weigandt said in a statement, according to USA Today. "Ford is committed to delivering top quality in our vehicles. We continuously evaluate our processes for potential improvements and when the data indicates a safety recall is needed, we move quickly on behalf of our customers."
In May, Ford issued a recall related to loss of the front brakes in certain model year 2013 and 2014 Ford F-150 pickup trucks. The complaints about the 2015 trucks share consistencies with the earlier problem, which "was caused by the loss of brake fluid from the brake master cylinder reservoir into the brake booster," NHTSA said. But the complaints about 2016 trucks "allege that repair facilities diagnosed the problem as a failure of the master cylinder."
Ford also is facing problems with its 2011-2013 model year Edge SUVs and 2010 Fusion sedans, Reuters reported, noting that the NHTSA opened separate investigations into those vehicles last week.
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