Living in boston on december 18th I went out to my 2006 mustang gt 4.6 liter it was parked and I engaged the car to start. The parking brake was not working correctly was very loose. And it is never like that. Brakes feel stiff in back feels like a toughing,,,I was on a small embankment in neutral and car did not roll back at all. My guess it parking handle spring is off track or some spring broke ..is this a problem in cold weather..never had this happen before.
2006 Ford Mustang brakes complaints
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Tl*he contact owns a 2006 ford mustang. The contact stated the parking brake became stuck and could not be engaged or released. The mechanic inspected the vehicle and stated the cable was stuck. The mechanic notified the manufacturer regarding the part and was advised that the part was on back order because it had to be redesigned. The failure and current mileages were 60,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford mustang. The contact stated that when the temperature was below freezing, the parking brake would become stuck in position. The contact was able to get the brake to release but the vehicle would not move until the vehicle had been running idle for at least 15-20 minutes. The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic and was told that water was getting on the cable for the parking brake and freezing. The mechanic stated that there was a boot that stood straight up and allowed water to enter the cable and freeze. The vehicle was repaired. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 6,000 and the current mileage was 65,000.
Previously filed complaint odi# 10319368. Parking brake will not disengage, passenger side rear brakes and rotor had to be replaced at the tune of $200. That was 4 weeks ago and it is happening again. Google 2006 mustang defects and this seems to be a common issue due to a faulty rubber boot. I bought the car used from a ford dealer (it had 4000 miles on it and less than a year old. Most places want to charge several hundred dollars to replace. Vehicle has 31,000 miles, this is crap!
Parking brake "freezes", brakes overheat and warp rotor.
1. Trunk too high; back windows slope blind driver from street light reflection. 2. Hood and windshield designed deny driver from seeing the curves coming on side angles. (causing vehicle ending up on curve) 3. Abs auto activate when vehicle going over pothole, causing slipping and driver cannot control the braking distance. 4. Ac/heat fan auto activate without consent even when sitting on off. I have a v6, 2006 mustang. The safety issue that I have is the fact that the design of the vehicle that jeopardizing the children under 3 feet tall.: their trunk are too high and the slanted mirror block visibility. At night time backing out is very hard and there are many blind spots. I have backed up into another car already due to the poor visibility and light reflection: back window design with an angle that blind drivers when night light hits. The owner and I settled in cash. The front hood of the vehicle center line formed an upside down v-shape whereas it highest peak is in the middle and at night time driving it has limited my viewing ability: ended up on two curve, because the ceiling height were too low.
After the unusually cold weather my rear brakes are not working as well as they were before. The brake pads have been replace 3 months prior. The emergency brake is now loose. Now that the temperature is warmer,the emergency brake lever is still loose and it still feels like I am only braking with my front brakes. I have not had this repair yet because I cant afford it at the moment.
On 3 occasions when I did not leave my car in gear even though I engaged the emergency brake on a flat surface my car rolled so the e brake does not work I always leave my car in gear now.
Starting at approx. 50mph I experience a shimmy in the steering wheel, most of the time. From time to time it will not shimmy when I reach the 50mph but as soon as I stop and start again the shimmy returns. I took it back to the dealer and all they did was balance the tires and did not make a difference. So I have had the car aligned, tires/rims force road balanced, new rotors, brake pads,bearings checked and still have the same shimmy. Dealer will not help and I nor anyone else knows what to try next.
Dt*: the contact stated the brakes have not stopped the vehicle on three separate occasions. This occurred at no particular speed and with no warning. The dealership was unable to determine a problem.
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