While driving at 40-45 MPH, applied brakes and vehicle did not stop , pedal felt normal, rearended another vehicle, minor damage to vehicle. Mechaic found rear brakes locked up. *ak the brakes failed with only 30000 miles of normal driving.
1999 Ford Taurus brakes complaints
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Brakes were making a squeaking noise. Took to dealer, and they could not duplicate problem.
Warped brake rotors. Contacted dealer, dealer said that it was a common problem that those brakes can warp at 10 thousand miles or in rain. Also that rotors can't be resurfaced. *ak rotors were resurfaced twice by the dealer.
At stop and brake applied, car surged forward striking vehicle. Also, no engine braking.
Steering wheel shakes when brakes are applied. *ak (dot number: 442-369 tiresize: p205/65/15)
Premature wear of pads and rotors. Dealer has replaced pads and rotors several times.
At 19000 miles both front rotors were out of round, causing vehicle to vibrate when brakes were applied. Dealer notified, and replacd both front rotors and pads at 20,000 miles. *ak
Brakes have worn out twice with in a year. Brake system has been worked on from rotors to master cylinder. Brakes are still bad. Dealer has been contacted.
Passenger door window inoperable.
The vehicle experience cold start, dealer replaced the catalytic converter.
After purchasing heard grinding and shaking in steering column when brakes are applied. Took to dealer, and they replaced front rotors and pads in may and in september. Consumer had same problem, brakes were failing, and it was hard to stop vehicle. In october, brakes and rotors were replaced again. On october 3rd brake light was coming on so dealer replaced master brake cylinder.
Vehicle vibrates when applying brakes. Vehicle had brakes pads and rotors replaced. Dealership was aware of the problem.
When brakes applied at highway speed, steering wheel shakes violently.
When applying brakes the steering wheel vibrates.
Brakes squeak loudly. Dealership states that this is normal.
When braking front end vibration feels like car not stoping properly
When driving above 40 miles and needing to stop the steering wheel shakes, above 60 you need two hands to control the steering wheel. Bought the car in the first time and the rotors were resurfaced but within 2 months I had to return for the same problem and found out the rotors and pads were scrape. The rotors had warped. Of course I had to pay for all of this because I was told that it was a wearable item, what I could not understand was I was still under my 3yr/36,000 mile warranty. Ford has been contacted in regards to this matter but I have not heard from them as of yet. I have owned ford vehicles for over 15 years and have not had this problem at least for a car thats a little over a year old. It has gotten to the point that I am neverous to get in the car wondering what will happen next. Which as I am talking the car is going in again because when driving above 65 MPH the car vibants and I was told I might have a bad tire with a belt shift, they are keeping it for a couple days to test it!!!!!
While driving would step on brake pedal and steering column will start vibrating, and brakes will take long to stop. A technician said that rotors heated up, and had been replaced.
Complete brake failure. When driving 35 MPH on dry pavement consumer smelled fluid burning, depressed the brake pedal, pedal traveled to the floorboard, causing extended stopping distance. Emergency parking brake was engaged in order to stop vehicle. Please provide any further details.
Had to have original rotors replaced when the car was only 1 month old, at 2 months had to have another set of rotors, put on car, that set is still on the car but have had a problem with the brakes squealing for about 5 months now, car was taken to service dept. And brakes were cleaned squealing stopped for two days, now there is a slight pulsing again, car will be taken to service dept. Again, it seems that the brake problem may be connected to the idle speed , the care picks up speed even when you are not giving it gas. Which in turn causes brakes to be used more then they should be.
Car has had shake in steering wheel since the test drive; was told that it was due to car sitting on the lot and that turning the rotors would fix the problem. The shake returned shortly after purchase and has continued to be a problem since. It starts as a sublte vibration in the steering wheel and becomes a violent shake as the problem progressively gets worse. The rotors have been turned, replaced 2x, drums replaced, wheel cylinders replaced. We asked them the last time to also check proportioning valve, they said they would but didn't. It has had a total of 4 repairs for this problem, including them turning t he rotors before purchase. We sent a certified letter to ford just before the last repair. They replied with the statement that a regional office or the service manager from the dealership would contact us, and if not we were to contact the dealership. No one contacted us, and we've been in contact with the dealership for 10months with no success. The salesperson has told us she'll speak to her general manager. The certified letter was recieved by ford on 6/16/00, the last repair was done on 6/24/00, and the shake returned on 7/7/00. We have also had a big problem with them getting parts to do repairs, with it taking weeks. Also were told in the winter to wait until spring for t he repair, that the problem might just be caused by sand and salt, which it wasn't.
Brakes wore out rotors warped had new one put on 3weeks later same thing happen.
Parking brake cable broke. Dealer has repaired the vehicle.
While vehicle was parked it smelled like a burning odor from the rear right brakes. Technician said that part was worn out.
New vehicle required new rack and pinion steering, which caused noise, the brakes replaced which were causing vibration in the steering wheel while braking.
When brakes are applied front end begins to vibrate excessively. Also, steering column shakes. Rotors and pads have been replaced twice by dealer. Repairs did not work, owner had to go to an independent mechanic to fix problem. *ak
While driving at 70mph going down a 5% grade, car will not hold in cruise control. Car goes from 70 MPH to 85 MPH within seconds on steep grade. Also, brakes are not strong enough to give good braking power. Taken to 2 dealers, and they said it was a characteristic of the taurus.
We have had this vehicle for less than 2 months--it has been in the shop for all this time except about 2.5 weeks. The rear brakes are grinding and it sounds like metal on metal. The vehicle jerks very bad when going from park to drive which I feel could cause an accident. The car has less than 15000 miles on it and I don't feel like these problems should be occuring at this time. Our car has been in the shop 4 times in less than 2 months.
While driving the brake light came on, but the brakes were still workng. Shortly after the consumer tried to apply the brakes ,and the pedal went all the way to the floor.please provide any futher information.
While driving at a speed of 55-65 MPH and applying the brakes rear end of the vehicle would began to shake, and fumes would come into the car.
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