Upon making a sudden stop on wet and dry pavement consumer noted malfunctioning of the braking system, pedal going all the way to the floor, resulting in extended stopping distance and brakes fading away, ea96-026.
1995 Ford Windstar brakes complaints
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Upon making a stop on wet or dry pavement consumer noticed malfunctioning of the ABS brakes, resulting in brakes fading away/extended stopping distance. Consumer has contacted the dealer, dealer unable to find problem.
Owner has ABS brakes, she states that she was involved in an accident and that when she went to apply brakes there were no brakes, ,she further notes that dealers cannot find the problem.
At 40 MPH vehicle doesn't come to a quick stop due to brake failure, that can result an accident.
Abs brakes failed, causing extended stopping distance.
When applying the ABS brakes the pedal will fade, causing extended stopping distance. Please give further details.
While driving, experienced ABS failure, when during panic stop, at approx. 45mph, pedal grabbed then released, pedal travel too far down, brake action wasn't fast enough, pedal became spongy, went to floor , rearended another vehicle.
Had to replace anti-lock brake system 3 times due to excessive wear.
Antilock brakes failed.
Antilock brake warning lights illuminated.
Experienced ABS failure while driving on wet pavement during panic stop, when attempting to slow/stop vehicle continued to roll forward, skidding 40 feet, hit another vehicle, 4 weeks prior experienced ABS light staying on, also no deployment of driver's air bag.
Owner has ABS brakes, she states that it takes a long time for vehicle to stop once brakes are used and that the pedal goes almost to the floor of vehicle, vehicle does not want to stop.
Antilock brakes failed, causing accident.
While driving experienced intermittent hydraulic system failure, on wet pavements upon applying brakes and turning vehicle lurches forward, also when attempting to slow/stop pedal travels to far down, then continues to roll forward, brake action is inadequate.
At hwy speeds, while applying brakes, pedal pulsates then fades, becomes spongy, does not stop fast enough, resulting in extended stopping distance, dealer replaced pads and resurfaced rotors at 13,000, problem persists.
While driving attempted to apply the brakes, the brakes are hard and they make loud crying noise. Dealer replaced the brakes.
When making a sudden stop consumer depressed the brake pedal and the vehicle continued to move forward, brakes faded away, resulting in extended stopping distance, ea96-026.
When applying the ABS brakes the pedal will fade causing extended stopping distance. Also there is excessive grinding, the rotors were cut which relieved some of the grinding. Please add further details.
Abs brakes faded and vehicle would not come to a stop, ran into someone's house. Did not take vehicle to a repair shop.
When driving the vehicle the brakes fade out. Also there is extended stopping distance. When applying the brakes there are no brakes on the vehicle.
Just prior to accident, noticed ABS and hydraulic lights appeared, during panic stop, at approx. 55-60mph, when attempting to stop, experienced brake lock up, vehicle went into skid, hitting another vehicle, dual airbags deployed.
Experiencing brake pedal fading and extended stopping distance.
Vehicle's ABS braking system malfunctioned and caused extended stopping distance and had an accident. The driver's side airbag deployed, injuring the occupant in the stomach area, ea96-026.
Vehicle has used four sets of brake pads and one set of rotors. Dealer says there is nothing wrong with brakes.
Has been through 4 sets of pads and has been through one set of rotors, delaer says there is no problem.
Anti-lock brakes failed 3 times, once resulting in an accident.
Abs brake failure, pedal goes the floor when brakes are applied, too much play in brake pedal.
While driving, exp. Abs failure, when attempting to slow/stop pedal goes almost to floor, pedal seems spongy, not stopping fast enough at approx. 30-35mph.
Sometimes when applying the brake pedal it would go to the floor brake would not work .
After this vehicle has been warmed up in the afternoon the brakes would make a metal to metal noise. Please give more details, describe the problems.
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