My Ford is very well maintained and was given to me brand new. Thankfully we have an on sight mechanic at my job, who does regular maintenance on it. He has had to replace the brakes almost every 8 months and the rotors twice in 3 years. To me and my mechanic this is really very unacceptable.
The problem is this is the second time I have had to replace the rear brakes on this car. This car has an easy life - it drives to work and back each day on the highway. So I find it crazy that it has needed new brakes two times before 60k in mileage.
Ford to my knowledge is not acknowledging that there is a problem even though early on they were extending the original 12mo/12000mi warranty to 36mo/36000mi..I have a vague feeling that something in the computer controlled ABS or traction control is the culprit. This may result in premature life of the repaired rear brakes. Has anyone gotten any help from Ford on this?
contacted Ford, problem was denied.No way in heck I should have had to put rear brakes on my car,at 18,675 miles ,but the worst part was having to buy new rotors.They were at disguard level.If Ford does not admit there is a problem here,I will never buy a Ford again!!!!!I guess this is how you reward loyal buyers.Very upset with Ford !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want my money back for brakes and rotors!!!!!!!!!!!Are you listening Ford?This is my ford story.I do intend to contact my local news trouble shooter on tv to draw more attention to this problem!!!!!!!!!!!
Another rear brake failure at low miles. Front brakes are in excellent shape. This is not an unusual problem as evidenced by browsing the web. I hope Ford will acknowledge this, so they will come up with a fix, and minimize the number of lost future customers.
- Sal S.,
Phoenix, AZ, US
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My Ford is very well maintained and was given to me brand new. Thankfully we have an on sight mechanic at my job, who does regular maintenance on it. He has had to replace the brakes almost every 8 months and the rotors twice in 3 years. To me and my mechanic this is really very unacceptable.
- Lisa H., Martinez, CA, US