I sent this letter to the ford motor company. No reply yet. I also have copies of the work that was done to the van. I hope you can help. Thank you very much. On thursday may 3, 2007 we were driving, with my wife being the driver, north on u.s. 441 in florida. As we passed a truck we heard a growling noise. It was our van. I-75 the traffic was stopped up from an accident so we took a parallel road to the north. The van was still growling. When we got to u.s. 27 I told her we had better find a mercury dealer and see what the problem was. We turned back into ocala and stopped at a small independent used auto sales business. We were told the mercury dealership was just down the street, so we got back into the van and proceeded to start out. My wife had to back up a little toward busy u.s. 441. Then she screamed ?I have no brakes!? Quickly she put the van into drive and it screeched and lunged forward. Now we were headed toward a chain-link fence. Still no brakes, so she was smart enough to turn off the key and we stopped two feet from the fence. Needless to say she was my heroine. We got out and she said, ?look at this hub cap.? The plastic connectors that hold it to the wheel were melted and the cap had fallen off. The wheel was too hot to touch. Both front wheels were very hot and now you could smell brake fluid. We called a wrecker and the people that owned the auto sales store gave us a tire store that was suppose to be the best in the area. I called them and they would take us in right away. Apparently the wheel cylinders engaged on the front of the van and the intense heat from friction built up had melted the brake hoses. We are sure glad we had not ventured onto I-75. Is this a manufacturer?s defect that hasn't been found yet?
Mercury Villager brake failure problems
27 of the 1,723 owner complaints about the Mercury Villager describe brake failure, most of them for the 1993 model year.
- owner complaints
- 27
- worst model year
- 1993
By model year
Often reported together
What owners say
The consumer took the vehicle in for the 15000 mile check up and because the brake light was on. While driving the consumer pressed the brake pedal and the pedal went to the floor. The dealer replaced parts but the consumer does not know which parts were replaced. Please describe further.
When brakes are applied brake pedal would go to floor momentarily and pop back up. Also loss of brake fluid is occurring. Dealer notified, and is unable to locate the problem. *ak when the brake pedal goes to the floor, there will be no brake, but in a matter of seconds the pedal pops up and the vehicle goes on ABS mode.
While turning into a parking space at a low speed and applying the brakes pedal went to the floor and the vehicle kept going. Dealer has not seen vehicle.
Sitting at stop sign when loud "pop" occurred-car started rolling; brake pedal went to floor without any result-used parking brake to stop & avoid turning car-released brake to roll out of intersection-again pedal went to floor without result-again used emerg. Brake to stop on side of road-tow operator checked brake fluid level(full) and under car for leaks(none) then pressed brake pedal which went to floor with no results-dealer claims hole in "diaphram" and previous could not happen only power braking out-this is not so there were no brakes power or otherwise working on this car (exception of emerg. Brake.
Consumer rear ended another vehicle due to brake failure. When appying brakes, pedal went to the floor and vehicle didn't stop.
When applying brakes a noise occurred and pedal went to the floor ,causing extended stopping distance. Please give any further details.
While leaving interstate 40 to offramp, I began to brake normally. At this instant I heard a loud "pop" and my brake pedal went to the floorboard. I was unable to stop at the intersection and went into traffic. Fortunately I was able to avoid a collision. Upon my inspection I found that the bolts that secure the master cylinder to the firewall had broken off.
Had total brake failure, pedal went right to floor, emergency brake went all the way down but had no stop effect. I pressed on pedal to get car out of park so I was not moveing. All the brake fluid was out of the resivore
Rear brake failures occur when the vehicle is parked at an incline and the parking brake is depressed. Releasing of the parking brake with the brake pedal depressed causes one of the rear brake cylinders to extend beyond their normal operational range, resulting in failure of the rear wheel cylinder. This problem has occurred on four separate occasions. Procedurally this problem does not occur when the vehicle is not parked on an incline.
Related recalls
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder
- What is wrong
- The service brake master cylinder was not properly assembled or could have been damaged by the evacuation and filling of the brake system at the assembly plant.
- Risk
- This can result in a partial brake system failure due tointernal master cylinder leakage which can cause loss of braking on two of thefour wheels. If this occurs, there would be increased brake pedal travel, higherpedal efforts and increased stopping distances.
- Remedy
- A new brake master cylinder will be installed.
Recall number 92V132002 · Recall details
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The model years with the most reports are 1993 (6 complaints), 1995 (6 complaints) and 1996 (5 complaints).
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