The consumer believes that the vehicle undisclosed transmission problem caused the clutch cylinder, slave cylinder, master cylinder and pressure plate to fail multiply times. *nm the clutch and slave cylinder was replaced four times, the mastercylinder was replaced three times, and the pressure plate had gone flat twice due to leaking. The transmission was hard to shift into low gears while in motion intermittently mostly in first and second.
1995 Ford Explorer brakes complaints
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While applying the brake pedal, it went to the floor. The driver was able to maintain control of the vehicle and drove it home. The cause has not been determined at this time. The driver will contact the dealer in the near future. Please provide further details.
On saturday, august 21, 2004 I pulled out of my driveway and attempted to apply my brakes. The brakes went to the floor with very little resistance. I continued driving about 100 ft and noticed the brake light had come on. I thought it might be the emergency brake. It wasn't. Within 10 seconds of noticing the brake light I attemted to stop. After about a minute of applying the brakes, I stopped. I applied the emergency brake and decided to open the hood to see if the brake reservoir was empty. It was 3/4 low. I went back to the house and brought back a can of dot 3-4 brake fluid. I filled the reservoir to the proper level. I got back into the car and started the vehicle. I again pressed on the brake pedal and again the pedal went to the floor. I used the steering wheel to turn the tires to the far right and then to the far left. I looked behind both front wheels to see if there was any visible signs of brake fluid leaking. There was none. I decided to chock the back tires buy placing a large tree log behind each rear tire. I then crawled under the rear area of the vehicle and noticed dripping brake fluid coming from above the transaxle (rearend). I placed my hand above and felt the hydraulic line and felt a large amount of corrosion on the brake line. I am sending the vehicle to parkway auto repair on wednesday, august 25, 2004. If you would like to see pictures or the actual brake line after it is removed, please let me know. No crash or injuries occurred from this equipment failure.
Consumer states when road is wet brakes are inoperative. Dealer notified.
The ABS system was problematic. Ts scc
Consumer states that when trying to apply the brakes they can hear a loud noise and the brake pedal will go to the floor causing the vehicle to have extended stopping distance. Dealer notified. Nlmthe ABS sensor went bad causing the front disc brake to wear quickly. There was a recall issued regarding the front sway bar links. Consuemr was charged for labor and parts. Also the front lower ball joints were replaced as well as the outer tie rods.
Front stablizer and sway bar have broken in the past 4 years, front tires can not be aligned and wear out faster because of this failure. *ak consumer states front stabalizer links were replaced due to on going complications, both front wheels bearing hub assembly failed, the front brake pads and rotors were replaced, and the front ball joints have some play.
While driving at low speed, could feel ABS system activating and brake pedal pulsating at braking. Dealer was contacted.
While driving 35mph applied brakes and pedal went to the floor with no stopping power. Pumped brakes a couple of times, and brakes automatically started working properly. Dealer contacted.*ak consumer stated the master cylinder failed.
Whenever my wife complained about the brake pedal pulsating/vibrating, I told her thats normal because it's the ABS. She said it didn't do it all the time and the few times I drove her explorer to find out what she was talking about it did not act up. I just recently bought me a vehicle she felt comfortable driving and I took her explorer for a week. The ABS acted up during a normal stop and I completely went through a stop sign. I would like to add that we have only been notified of one recall on the explorer and that was many years ago.
Consumer contacted mechanic for grinding noises in ABS braking system. But was informed that front ABS brake pistons and calipers were made of plastic. Please provide further details.
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The drive gear in the transfer case failed and was replaced, 27k miles later the problem reoccured, the consumer believes that an incorrect component was installed, therefore causing it to fail again, while this was being repaired the dealer tore the door molding and the dash lights became inoperative.
When driving at slow to moderate speeds, and attempting to brake normally, the ABS system activates partway into the braking sequence. Braking efficiency is drastically reduced, with braking distance significantly increased. This results in uncontrollable near collateral damage and personal injury. The situation is especially noticeable when navigating in parking lots where walking people and backing vehicles need to be avoided or when approaching vehicles stopped at traffic lights or breaking for crossing pedestrians.
While driving about 25 MPH and stepping on brakes pedal brakes locked up, and vehicle moved side to side. Then, rolled over three times. Vehicle was towed to dealer, and totaled with no cause of accident found.
O/d off light flashed on and off for months. Ford would not admit a problem till it was out of warranty. Rpm's would go up dramatically for a few seconds while going down the road. Abs sensor went bad causing unexpected and longer stopping distances at less than 20 MPH. Thje ABS brakes would kick inon dry pavement at slow speeds when turning and braking at the same time. Almost caused a couple crashes.
While vehicle is being driven ABS brake system prematurely activates at low speeds also vibration occurs within the brake pedal. Please give any further details.
Firestone 7515 garners ferry rd, cola sc 29209 did following repairs:05/22/00 alternator, 05/01/00 both rear calipers & drums, 02/15/00 eet/eec sensors, including temp sending unit, egr valve, coolant temp sensor08/07/99 front driver side lower control arm, ball jt, alternator and horn . I purchased new tires 09/15/00. I removed goodyear tires pulliam put on my truck 08/27/98.
While traveling at approx 40mph I began to depress the brake pedal to slow down. At this time I had hit a pothole in the road. As I depressed the brake pedal it locked up and I could feel the anti locks attempting to active. I could not control the foward motion of the vehicle for approx 5 seconds almost hitting the vehicles in front of me. Thi
Ongoing problem with excessive wear of rotors and pads which are causing erratic noise when applying brakes. Vehicle been in/out of dealer shop on several occasions and problem still occurring. Please provide any further details.
Consumer was traveling 40mph & road sloped, brakes were applied & brake pedal went straight to the floor. Consumer had no control of vehicle. Vehicle slid about 50 yards while going about 30mph. Consumer couldn't prevent hitting another vehicle on the side.
Rear passenger's tire tread separated at 65-70mph, causing driver to lose control. Tire size p235 original equipment. *ak prior to recall (00t-005) consumer replaced two firestone tires. The consumer wants to be reimbursed for the cost of two tires replaced before the firestone recall. Consumer also experienced noise when braking due to prmature wearing of brake pads and bad rotors which replaced.
Parking brake has failed again-3hrs after orig replacement.
No summary listed for above vehicle.
Started to apply the brakes to slow down when ABS brakes locked up. Vehicle spun around to the right & then back to the left. It flipped over & slid down the road. Vehicle hit guardrail. Driver had seat belt on at time of problem. Vehicle towed to dealership.
Brake pads and rotors are prematurely wearing out, cause unknown. Please give any further details.
Hydraulic cylinder failure caused doors not to open properly. Also, when applying brakes and coming to a stop, brake pedal would pulsate and go to the floor, resulting in extended stopping distance. Contacted dealer.
While driving vehicle on dirt road going down hill applied brakes hit bump brakes locked, loss of control then vehicle rolled on side. Vehicle is a total loss according to body shop.
Consumer was driving downhill on gravel road 10-20 MPH, brakes were applied but failed to slow the vehicle, vehicle started to fish tail became unbalanced and rolled.
Anti-lock stop working each time the vehicle comes in contact with x-band radar signals from train signals or cellular telephone towers. Anti-lock brake failure light comes on at the same place each day in my commute to work.
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