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2006 Ford F-150 brakes problems

99 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 2006 Ford F-150, which is 13% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
99 13% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
32,000 miles 85 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
19 and 2
Injuries and deaths
8 and 1

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Brakes complaints by mileage, 2006 Ford F-150 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 32,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 32 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 15 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 10 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 7 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 8 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 6 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 32,000 miles
Based on 85 complaints that include mileage. 67% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
View the numbers
MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles32
20k to 40k miles15
40k to 60k miles10
60k to 80k miles7
80k to 100k miles8
100k to 120k miles6
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 85 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 32,000 miles, and 67% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 19 crashes, 2 fires, 8 injuries, 1 death.

What owners wrote

My son was killed in his 2006 ford 150 pickup truck driving 45 miles an hour. His truck apparently left the road with no signs of brakes being applied, flipped several times. The airbags never deployed. His insurance company was threatening me to release the truck from storage which I did. I have since regained my senses enough to search the web and see that there were many recalls on the brake lines of this make truck.

January 2009 CrashDeath

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford f-150. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 08v208000 (service brakes, hydraulic); however, the parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The auto nation ford dealer was contacted and confirmed that the parts were not available for the recall remedy. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 144,000. Parts distribution disconnect.

Reported at 144,000 miles, July 2017

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