Federal safety investigators are checking out the '05 Ford F150 pickup truck because of consumer complaints of brake failure. The problem appears to be with the 5.4 liter V8 engine package for some reason, reports the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Office of Defects Investigation.
Reports are that the loss of brake power assist can come suddenly and without warning, the feds say, and it's apparently related to a brake booster assembly vacuum hose coming off the intake manifold.
This investigation was opened on January 8, 2008 and could affect 359,605 (estimated) Ford trucks.
The ODI department at NHTSA conducts defect investigations and administers recalls. NHTSA is the government agency authorized to order manufacturers to recall and repair vehicles when ODI investigators report serious safety defects "upchannel". Typically an investigation only happens when federal safety officials get enough complaints or the defect is so serious that an important safety concern is raised.
Ford trucks have had more than their share of recalls and you can click here to see some of them, along with recalls by other manufacturers too.
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Known nationwide as a leading Lemon Law attorney, Ronald L. Burdge has represented literally thousands of consumers in "lemon" lawsuits and actively co-counsels and coaches other Consumer Law attorneys. From 2005 through 2018, attorney Ronald L. Burdge has been named as the only Lemon Law Ohio Super Lawyer by Law and Politics magazine and Thomson Reuters Corp., Professional Division. Burdge restricts his practice to Lemon Law and Consumer Law cases. The Ohio Super Lawyer results are published annually in the January issue of Cincinnati Magazine. Ronald L. Burdge was named Consumer Law Trial Lawyer of the Year 2004 by the National Association of Consumer Advocates, the nation's largest organization of consumer law private and government attorneys. "Your impact on the auto industry has been magnified many times over because of the trail you blazed for others," stated NACA's Executive Director, Will Ogburn. Burdge has represented thousands of consumers in Ohio, Kentucky and elsewhere since 1978 and is a frequent lecturer to national, state and local Bar Associations and Judicial organizations. Burdge is admitted to Ohio's state and federal courts, Kentucky's state courts, and Indiana's federal courts. Other court admissions are on a "pro hac" temporary, case by cases basis.