2000 ford mustang parked in driveway with emergency brake engaged. The driveway has a slight grade. Brake failed, and car backed out of driveway and across the road, striking a pole. Damage to left fender; broken taillight. The car was previously brought to dealer for the brake recall and supposedly repaired.
2000 Ford Mustang: brake failure
8 of the 310 complaints about the 2000 Ford Mustang describe brake failure.
- owner complaints
- 8
- of this car's complaints
- 3%
- recalls
- 1
Is there a fix? There is 1 recall and 2 service bulletins for this area of the car. See below
Brake failure by model year
What owners say
Car died out while driving at 45mph, almost went off the road because power brakes went out. This is happening to a lot of 1999-2001 mustang gts and ford seems to not know how to fix it.
Brakes failed resulting in three accidents and the emergency brake fails intermittently. Nlm
Emergency brake failed, vehicle rolled when the clutch was pressed to start the vehicle, the brakes would not work until vehicle was running.
Car parked in garage, in gear with emergency brake engaged. While unattended, car rolled down 200 foot steeply sloped driveway, missing other parked car, knocking down tree and rolling into drainage ditch this side and then the other side of street. No one struck, injured or killed, but daughter and baby coming home just missed being hit. Extensive body damage requiring minimum of 3 separate trips to auto body shop. Car is still not properly aligned and convertible roof needs more work. Concerned about recently announced mustang recall for parking brake failures and safety of continuing to drive and park this car.
Consumer was traveling about 45mph on the highway, applied clutch and power went out. No power steering/no brakes. No prior warning. Vehicle just stopped. Vehicle was at the dealership . Mechanic could not duplicate the problem on the diagnostic machine.
Emergency brake failure caused the vehicle to roll forward resulting in damage to the garage door, the driver side door of the vehicle, mirror, side window and inside door panel. Yh
Parking brake failure caused the vehicle to roll down and crash. Yh
Service bulletins that may apply
Related recalls
Parking brake: conventional
- What is wrong
- Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with manual transmissions. If a vehicle is parked with the parking brake not fully applied and not in first gear, as directed in the owner guide, and the self adjustment pawl subsequently skips one or two teeth, the vehicle could move on some grades.
- Risk
- This could result in unintended vehicle movement and a vehicle crash without prior warning.
- Remedy
- Dealers will modify the parking brake control and install a plate or over-bracket to the control to lock the self adjust mechanism in position following adjustment.
Recall number 00V349000 · Recall details
Questions about the 2000 Ford Mustang brake failure
Is brake failure a common problem on the 2000 Ford Mustang?
8 of 310 owner complaints about the 2000 Ford Mustang (3%) mention brake failure. The model year with the most reports is 1999.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2000 Ford Mustang?
There is 1 recall and 2 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 2000 Ford Mustang
No deployment 21Seat belt 18Stalling 14Headlights 12Knocking 9Fire or smoke 9Fuel leak 5Power steering loss 5
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