I started my car and pressed the pedal to shift into reverse and started to back up from a parking spot. The pedal suddenly went to the floor and the car kept moving, pulled the emergency brake. Had warning lcd icons in red about brakes. Tried shutting car off and restarting to see if condition changed, no change, pedal went to floor and no pressure. Checked for leaks under car and no leaks of brake fluid were present. As I could build pressure slowly and had the ebrake, I drove slowly to the nearest dealer. While driving other messages came on to service advance trak and the yellow wrench. Pedal would make contact with brakes at the very lowest point or by pumping brakes otherwise I would have not driven to the nearby dealer. I could have gotten into a serious accident had this happened at higher speeds than backing out of a spot because its so sudden and your stopping distance is greatly affected even with something so slow as adjusting a parking job. Car had around 96,140 miles when it happened. This is a very dangerous condition as even at low speeds I needed a large distance to stop safely before cars in front of me. Car is at the dealer and was just quoted 1,100 dollars but this does seem to be the same issue I read about for previous years recalls and should be investigated.
2011 Lincoln MKZ brakes complaints
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I was traveling down a hill that ends with a stoplight on a backroad in the city. The light turned red, I applied my brakes and my foot went to the floor with no brake pressure. I was able to pull over and use my emergency brake to stop me. There was no fluids visible.
Car in question: 2011 lincoln mkz hybrid, 163,287 km (101,484 miles). Driving on a city street all of the sudden warning lights come on: ABS, traction control, giant wrench, p/brake light, service advancetrac. Brake pedal all the way to the floor, I blew a stop sign, as car was slowing down, but than just rolled thru the intersection. Had to use a parking brake to come to a complete stop when I was looking for a safe spot to pull over. Had to replace hydraulic control module and ABS module.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 lincoln mkz. While the contact's wife was driving and attempting to apply the brakes, the brake pedal lowered slowly. The contact stated that his wife struck a flower pot on a nearby lawn and had to apply the emergency brake to stop the vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. There were no injuries. A police report was filed. The vehicle was not towed. The contact took the vehicle to a certified mechanic who repaired the master cylinder, but the failure recurred. The contact returned the vehicle to the certified mechanic who discovered a mechanism under the brake pedal that prohibited the brake pedal from being able to be depressed appropriately. The mechanism was removed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure; however, the contact had not yet received a response. The failure mileage was 40,000. The consumer stated there was an obstruction above the gas and brake pedals. The obstruction prevent the driver from applying the necessary pressure to the pedals. A mechanic stated the failure was due to poor response timing of the vehicle's master cylinder. The master cylinder was replaced, but the failure recurred several more times. The vehicle was involved in 2 accidents due to the failure.*js *js
The vehicle remained without brakes while driving. One week and I have no news. Please call lincoln and how the car carries for 8 years, they did not want to do anything when it is something of safety and life.
At any given time the brakes will go out in the car and give a fault code to check ABS system. This has happened 4 times over a 2 year period, one of those times I was going 55 MPH and went to stop at a yellow light. My brakes failed and I ended up running the red light almost hitting a car starting to cross from the other direction. Once you shut off the car and turn it back on the brakes work again like nothing was ever wrong. I took the car to the dealership and they were not able to find anything wrong with the car. Each time it has done this the dealership can't find anything wrong. I've seen other people having the same issue that has caused accidents, I'm not sure why there hasn't been anything done about it yet.
I was driving at roughly 35mph suddenly and without any warning lights or chimes, my brakes lost pressure, the pedal then sunk to the floor. Upon pumping the brakes a few times I was able to slow to a stop but the pedal then continued to sink to the floor. Upon going all the way to the floor, the car barely stops and pulls hard left, as if the passenger side front brakes aren't working.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 lincoln mkz. While driving various speeds, the brake pedal was applied and traveled to the floorboard without warning. The vehicle was towed to craft hyundai (2625 lakeside dr, lynchburg, va 24501, (434) 455-7060) where it was diagnosed that the calipers, front brake pads, master cylinder, and brake hydraulic control needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who stated that the parts needed to be replaced again. The manufacturer was contacted and referred the contact to the federal safety agency. The failure mileage was approximately 92,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 lincoln mkz. The contact stated that the vehicle unintentionally accelerated. Also, when the brake and the accelerator pedal was depressed at the same time, the pedal traveled to the floorboard. As a result, the vehicle crashed into a brick wall. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was not filed. There were no injuries sustained. The vehicle was towed to jack demmer lincoln (21531 michigan ave, dearborn, mi 48124, (313) 274-8800) where the contact was informed that the only way the vehicle could be diagnosed was if the failure occurred while at the dealer. The front end of the vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 28,273 at the time of the crash. *tt
After my wife driving approximately 1/2 mile out of the driveway she lost all of her brakes. The brake pedal went to the floor with no resistance,she shut off the ignition and the car coasted to a stop. She managed to get it back home by turning the ignition on and off. She called autonation ford and had them toe it in. Autonation ford confirmed that all braking was lost and they said there was a short in the ABS control module. My service advisor stated that he had never seen an entire brake system failure like this. I asked them why an ABS control module failure would result in loss of hydraulic braking. They had no answer and were quite indifferent to the loss in braking since they stated that the car is equipped with an emergency brake. Can you believe it???? Since the car was 4 months out of warranty they wanted to charge me $2,000.00 for the repair. I negotiated with a ford warranty associate and she agreed to pay half of the repair costs. Any vehicle that can lose all braking without a redundant backup is unacceptable. After getting the car fixed I traded it in. The total cost to me was about $20,000.00. I am particularly concerned for all of the unsuspecting families driving the mkz. Just imagine! No brakes at 50 MPH coming to a stop light, hitting the car stopped in front of you, and having your family and the other vehicles' family carted off to the morgue. I tried to explain the potentially serious outcome of a total brake failure to both the autonation ford service advisor and to the ford warranty associate. They were more interested in not covering the car under the warranty than the seriousness of the failure. In conclusion, I sincerely hope that the federal safety agency investigate this failure mode and have ford make the necessary design changes and recall the vehicles with an appropriate fix.
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