First off, hello to everyone. I am here trying to find out if brake line failure is common to the F150, 1995 year in particular. My father-in-law has a 1995 F150 XL 2WD 302ci manual trans. About 2 years ago while traveling on RT23 (state highway) his brakes failed going downhill approaching slowing/stopping traffic. He said he had NO brakes. He cut the wheel and hopped the curb, putting the truck BETWEEN a telephone pole and the guidewire and coming to a stop in the Burger King parking lot. It turns out the front brake hose where the rubber and metal meet failed. FAST FORWARD 2 YEARS. Last week while picking up the engine he had rebuilt for his Chevelle, as he's backing up to the bay door and tries to stop he's got NO brakes again. He hits the E-brake and gets out and there's a puddle on the ground. THANK GOD he didn't get hurt this time either. Once again brake line went bad, but this time the rear let go. Rusted through. The truck has never been in a flood or anything so what gives the truck's only 10 years old. PS, he also had to replace a power steering line that failed. Anyone have any ideas besides get rid of the truck before he gets killed?

 

Common problem for the front hoses to seperate( just before the caliper) also the hard line likes to rust through on the left side (where the left front hose attaches) and the line runs over to the right side.The rear "hard" line usually will rust through somewhere near/behind the rear fuel tank.

 

Just replaced all the steel lines on my son's 85 continental. The mechanic at the yearly safety inspection pointed one in particular out. I would think this is most common in the salt belt states. Ten years for belts and hoses is fairly respectable. IMO