2007 Mercury Milan: soft or spongy brake pedal

Filed Apr 30, 2019 · Brakes · 30,000 miles · PA

Brakes go soft or spongy resulting in increased brake distance/less responsive. While driving on on a major road I hit a bump and lost all of the pressure. They were never the same again. I have to push the pedal to the floor to brake.

Filed Nov 26, 2018 · Brakes · 58,342 miles · MI

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 mercury milan. On several occasions, while driving in inclement weather, the brake pedal was depressed, but failed to stop the vehicle. The contact stated that the brake pedal traveled to the floorboard. The contact stated that the failure was intermittent. The vehicle was taken to lincoln of troy (located at 1950 w maple rd, troy, mi 48084, (833) 895-1682) to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the ABS test and brake test showed no abnormality. Additionally, no diagnostic trouble codes were retrieved. The contact stated that the brake rotors and brake pads were replaced; however, the brake pedal was soft and spongy. The manufacturer was contacted and provided case number: cas-16448413. The approximate failure mileage was 61,220. The consumer stated the work was done after 11/16/2018 incident date.

Filed Mar 23, 2018 · Brakes · 76,000 miles · OR

The ABS system isn't working properly, and the brakes are very spongy, making it unsafe to drive the car. This started when I was braking at 40 MPH and hit a mild bump in the road triggering the ABS to activate briefly. The brakes have been inconsistently spongy ever since, and not consistently spongy rendering the brakes unpredictable as well as intermittently unresponsive. The brake fluid is fine, the master cylinder is not leaking, and the brake pads and calipers are functioning properly. This appears to be an ABS pump/actuator issue.

Filed Jan 6, 2018 · Brakes · 126,000 miles · GA

Spongy brakes after driving over rough road. Was make a right turn in to gas station where terrain and road uneven. Scared me because my car wouldn't stop as I pushed down on brake. Brake was pushed to the ground completely

Filed Dec 11, 2017 · Brakes · 178,000 miles · MI

While backing the vehicle down a snowy driveway the ABS engaged briefly. Moments later, I had to brake to allow an oncoming car to pass, and the brakes were suddenly very soft, pedal went almost to the floor and I had to take evasive maneuvers onto a curb to avoid collision. The brakes remained very soft and spongy, though they improved a bit with pumping.

Filed Oct 19, 2017 · Brakes · 110,000 miles · KY

Soft brake pedal, pedal goes most of the way to floor to stop. Replaced master cylinder and pads. Informed that hydraulic control unit was bad as well(cost of an additional $1300.00). Concerned about the cost of repair and stories of others that had repeated failures of the hcu. Ford should replace unit for free after the first occurrence. I will pay for the repair once, but don't want to be bleed repeatedly.

Filed Aug 26, 2017 · Brakes · 121,000 miles · MD

When depressing the brakes and engaging the ABS the pedal becomes spongy and goes to the floor. Sometimes pumping the brake brings up the pressure again but not always. I've heard it could be the ABS module gone bad.

Filed Jun 1, 2017 · Brakes · 100,000 miles · MI

Anti-lock brake issue in five months I have had to replace two ABS modules/units. I first noticed my brakes getting spongy in late 2016, that's when the first ABS was replaced. Although this fixed the issue for a couple weeks, I then started to notice that my brakes were locking, when not applying the brakes. I returned to the repair shop which lead to new components on my brakes(pads front and rear, calipers rotors.etc.) because of the wear. All were replaced. Then the situation happened again when my teenage son was driving. Under acceleration, the brakes started applying pressure, which the engine had to compensate for. After taking it in to be repaired again, that is when the second ABS unit was replaced. This was after three days of trouble-shooting. I feel this is a safety issues, and I have spent an exhaustive amount of money on this one issue. I can only assume also, that because of braking, while I was accelerating, there will be more issues down the road. Please advise. Thank you.

Filed Feb 11, 2017 · Brakes · 77,000 miles · MI

On 02-09-2017 I was on my way home from work and when I was slowing down to stop at a red light to turn right on a two lane rural highway that has the max speed of 55 is when the brake pedal started to feel like it was pulsating and spongy and then it went to the floor and I had to push the pedal harder to keep it from going into the intersection. I tried pumping it to see if it would bring the pedal bake up but it never did. And the brake pedal stayed that way until I got it home. There are no leaks of any kind from the brake system and I was told at the dealership that it sounded like it was the hydraulic control unit because they have had people come in before with the same problem.

Filed Jan 5, 2017 · Brakes · 30,000 miles · NE

Soft brake pedal brake pedal will go soft when the ABS system activates and will continue to be soft for a period of time. First experienced this in winter 2015/2016 and brake was soft for several days after ABS system activated due to snow on the ground. After several days the brakes went back to normal. However again this winter 2016/2017 the ABS was activated in december 2016 and the brakes went soft and continue to be soft to date. I have to double pump my brakes several times in order for the brakes to activate without having to push my brake pedal all the way to the floor. I have not had any accidents but consider this a huge safety hazard and a defect related to the manufacturing of the vehicle.

Filed Jan 6, 2015 · Brakes · 103,000 miles · TN

While braking ABS was engaged and worked. After ABS stopped brake pedal was soft. Valve in ABS control unit was stuck open causing brake fluid to loop through and affect brake pressure. This caused a soft brake pedal and increased stop distance. After talking to a local ford dealership and researching online I found many other fusion/milan owners to have this exact problem with the valve in their ABS control unit being stuck open.

Filed Jan 13, 2014 · Brakes · 79,000 miles · MI

My daughter had two episodes where when the ABS brakes were activated she then would experienced a soft pedal for brakes. The first episode was on a dirt road and the second episode was on ice. My husband met her at the second episode site and sure enough the brake pedal went to the floor. My husband turned the car off and when the car restarted the brakes worked fine. We took the car to the romeo ford to be serviced but they could reproduce the problem. We were forced for obvious reasons to replace both parts of the ABS brakes. My husband spent hours investigating this issue and found other owners with similar stories. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).