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The contact owns a 1999 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that the vehicle was idling high. This confirmed that the cruise control was off. The contact engaged the brakes. However, the high idle continued to occur. When the contact attempted to stop the vehicle stalled and the brakes failed. The current and failure mileage was 97,000 miles.
The contact stated while driving on the highway she put foot on the brake pedal and it went to the floor. She put the vehicle in neutral and used the emergency brake to stop. The vehicle was then towed to a service station. The main brake assembly was being replaced.
Recall 04S17 parts are not available to fix car.was told in August 2004 the parts would be available in December 2004, in janyary 2005 got post card saying parts will be available in March 2005 it's now May 2005 and has not heard from manufacturer on parts.
While braking engine started racing at a high rate intermittently. Consumer hade to pump the brakes. This caused a minor collision. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.
- Dracut, MA, USA
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While driving 60 mph, the driver noticed that the ABS warning light came on and remained on. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection. The mechanic can not duplicate the problem.
My Ford Taurus ant-lock brake system light under the dash board while driving alternately flashes on and off sometimes while I am braking. While braking sometimes the anti-lock brakes doesn't work.
While driving at any speed consumer felt pulsation and vibration when braking. The ABS light stayed on at all times, and there was a humming coming from under the hood.
Shortly after purchasing my Taurus I noticed a slight vibration when braking. It was very minor and I did not worry about it - thinking it was a knot on a tire. It got steadily worse and when I had a mechanic look at it he told me I needed new tie rod ends. The front tires had both worn to the steel belts. I replaced both the tie rod ends and the tires. Now I am still feeling the shudder when I brake and last week I started noticeing the steering was getting difficult and humming as I turned. I took the car to the mechanic today and he said the rack and pinion was leaking and needed to be replaced. He suggested your website and I have found numerous other people with the same problem. Ford needs to do something about this, it seems to be getting out of hand. I hope you can pressure them into standing behind their product and do what is fair.
Exciter rims on ABS switch broke, leaving vehicle without any brakes. Contacted dealer. Consumer stated that tires wear out fast since the vehicle had no camber adjustment on rear wheels due to rear end being out of line.
Brakes act as if they were not going to stop, first time I carried the car back Ford fixed the brakes, so they say. I carried the car back several times after that and they say the found no problems, I finally had to take the car and have the brakes repaired.. when sitting still, car pulsates, dealer said that this is called erratic idling the first time I carried it, they said reason unknow. The other times that I carried it they say they couldn't find anything wrong. Rack and penion went out, Ford charged me $180 to fix.
When pulling into the driveway and upon applying brakes consumer heard a scraping noise coming from brakes. Consumer has contacted dealer. Dealer has replaced ABS brakes/ rotors and pads were cleaned. Problem still occurred, causing problems with steering wheel shaking.
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.
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.
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.
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- Anchareg, AK, USA