'01 F150 Brakes-a design flaw?

Sep 14, 2003 4 Replies

My pals 2001 F150 had brakes renewed at 75K. The new rotor(s) warped at



85K. The local Meineke shop replaced them under warranty. At 95K the same thing happened. Ditto 105K.

Now the shop/mechanics are saying the brakes are flawed design allowing unequal pad pressure and all of that generation F150's are like that.



Anyone with insight or knowlege about this , please advise, and thanks.



Larry


This has been beat to death. Torque the lugnuts to the correct value and 99% of these problems go away. Google search this group for more.

Properly torqued lugnuts as bomar said, and KEEP the left foot OFF the pedal. Sounds like a two footed driver to me.

Other posters answered it. Meineke can't handle the job correctly, even though that's about all they do. Go figure. They must have a heck of a training program.

How did the brakes last the first 75k?

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