The 1984 Ford F Series has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 51,500 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 1 complaint with NHTSA, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Recall campaigns
PARKING BRAKE85V1680001985-12-2051,500 affected
Defect
THE HYDRAULIC PARKING BRAKE CONTROL VALVE MAY INADVERTENTLY ACTIVATE DUE TO MOMENTARY PRESSURE DISRUPTIONS WITHIN THE SYSTEM AND CAUSE THE PARKING BRAKE TO BE APPLIED, STOPPING OR SLOWING THE TRUCK UNEXPECTEDLY. …
Remedy
REPLACE THE PUSH-PULL TYPE BRAKE CONTROL VALVE WITH NEW OVER-CENTER CAM TYPE VALVES.
Complaints by component
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
1
1crashes
Total complaints1
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“While driving along about 30 miles an hour when something appeared in the road, consumer attemped to stop and the brakes did not move. Vehicle went into a ditch and it destroyed the right side of my car. *ak”
Defect investigations
InvestigationPE89130 Opened 1989-06-15 · closed 1989-11-17
FIREWALL FRACTURE
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InvestigationPE90023 Opened 1989-12-05 · closed 1990-03-01
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 1984 Ford F Series as of
July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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