2007 Ford Fusion Brakes

DRIVING TO PHOENIX FROM TUCSON ON I-10 AT APPROXIMATELY 65MPH, TRAFFIC AHEAD CAME TO A STOP. THERE WAS A LOT OF DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CAR AHEAD AND OURSELVES, BUT WHEN WE HIT THE BRAKES ABRUPTLY, THE BRAKES APPLIED THEN FAILED WITH PEDAL GOING TO THE FLOOR. RELEASED THE PEDAL AND REAPPLIED AGAIN AND THE BRAKES AGAIN STARTED TO SLOW THE CAR THEN AGAIN FAILED AND RELEASED. WE HAD NO PATH TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO AVOID IMPACT BECAUSE OTHER VEHICLES HAD PULLED TO THE SIDE, OR WERE IN THE OTHER LANE. WE IMPACTED THE VEHICLE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC AHEAD OF US WITH MINIMAL BRAKES. THE AZ DPS AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY WERE INFORMED OF THE FAILURE OF BRAKES, BUT A TICKET WAS STILL ISSUED. TO MY KNOWLEDGE THE VEHICLE BRAKES OR COMPUTER HAS YET TO BE CHECKED AS THE FUSION WAS CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS; THIS VEHICLE HAD ONLY 65,000 MILES ON IT, AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THERE WERE THREE OF US IN THE FUSION AND THE AIRBAGS WORKED FLAWLESSLY, WE ALL WALKED AWAY. ALL OCCUPANTS OF THE OTHER VEHICLES WERE WELL AND WALKING AROUND FOR TWO HOURS UNTIL ONE WAS TALKED INTO AN AMBULANCE RIDE BY A PARAMEDIC TECH.

WHEN DRIVING AND THE CAR HAS AN ABS BRAKING EVENT DUE TO A SUDDEN STOP OR SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS THE PEDAL WOULD DROP TO THE FLOOR AS IF THERE WAS NO BRAKE FLUID PRESSURE. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS RESTED PRESSURE WOULD RETURN. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 3 OCCURRENCES OF THE ISSUE, RESTING THE VEHICLE NO LONGER FIXED THE ISSUE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE WHO DIAGNOSED THE HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT HAD FAILED AND IT WAS REPLACED. THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED AND HAS NOT RETURNED AFTER SUBSEQUENT ABS BRAKING EVENTS.

ANY TIME THE ABS SYSTEM ENGAGES, BREAK PRESSURE IS LOST FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME, RESULTING IN LONGER STOPPING DISTANCES. USUALLY THE ONLY WAY TO GET BREAK PRESSURE BACK IS TO TURN THE CAR OFF, LET IT SIT, AND PUMP THE BREAKS HARD SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE PRESSURE IS REGAINED, SOMETIMES NOT FOR SEVERAL DAYS. I HAVE NOT YET BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS BUT FEEL IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME. IT FIRST OCCURRED LAST YEAR AROUND THIS TIME WHEN MY CAR WAS AROUND 116000 MILES. IT HAS OCCURRED 2 MORE TIMES SINCE THEN INCLUDING TODAY. THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED IN AUGUST 2018 WITH NO CHANGE IN THE PROBLEM. AFTER EXTENSIVE RESEARCH AND RULING OUT OTHER POSSIBILITIES, I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM IS DUE TO THE ABS CONTROL MODULE. I KNOW THERE IS RESEARCH INTO THIS ALREADY, SO I AM ADDING MY CAR TO THE LIST OF AFFECTED VEHICLES TO ENSURE SOMETHING IS DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT FAILED TO RESPOND. THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THREE INDEPENDENT MECHANICS, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY TAKEN TO NORM REEVES FORD SUPERSTORE (LOCATED AT 18900 STUDEBAKER RD, CERRITOS, CA 90703) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKES AND MASTER CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 159,350. *TT

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR IN THE CITY AND CAME TO A CURVED LANE. I STEPPED ON THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN SO THAT I COULD MAKE A SLIGHT TURN BUT DON'T REMEMBER THE CAR SLOWING DOWN. I THEN TRIED TO STIR THE WHEEL SO THAT I WOULD NOT CRASH. AT THIS POINT, I MIGHT HAVE OVER CORRECTED THE STIRRING WHEEL LEADING THE CAR TO SLID AS THE ROAD WAS WET. I ENDED UP HITTING A POLE.

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP MY 2007 FORD FUSION THE BRAKES WOULD LOSE FUNCTIONALITY IN VARYING DEGREES. SOMETIMES THE PEDAL WOULD GET SOFT BUT I WOULD BE ABLE TO STOP THE CAR BY PRESSING HARDER AND OTHER-TIMES THE BRAKES WOULD FAIL TO WORK ALL TOGETHER. WHEN THE BRAKES WOULD FAIL THEY WOULD REGAIN FUNCTIONALLY AFTER ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES. WHEN I INSPECTED THE BRAKE SYSTEM THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF LEAKING BRAKE FLUID OR BREAK/ROTOR WEAR. WHEN I TOOK THE CAR TO THE SHOP THE MECHANIC ASSURED ME THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY ABS BRAKING SYSTEM. THE FAULTY BRAKES IN MY FORD FUSION EVENTUALLY FAILED COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH ON HIGHWAY I-195 WHEN TRAFFIC CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. I SUFFERED A LIFE CHANGING CONCUSSION IN THE RESULTING ACCIDENT AS WELL AS LOSING MY CAR AND JOB. I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM IS A FAULTY MASTER CYLINDER AS NO BRAKE FLUID IS LOST FROM THE SYSTEM. PLEASE ADDRESS THIS ISSUE THERE ARE STILL 2007 FORD FUSIONS ON THE ROAD TODAY THAT WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE MORE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS.

DRIVING DOWN A BUMPY GRAVEL ROAD (SOME CALL IT WASHBOARD), I WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND IT WAS LIKE THE BRAKES WERE NOT THERE; THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. I PUMPED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THAT HELPED. WE DID TAKE THE CAR TO A MECHANIC, BUT BY THAT TIME, THE BRAKES HAD COME BACK. HE COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. ANOTHER TIME, COMING UP TO A LIGHT WHEN IT TURNED YELLOW, I BRAKED, THE ABS KICKED IN, AND INSTANTLY MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AGAIN. THIS WAS ON DRY PAVEMENT. I COULD NOT STOP. I MADE A RIGHT TURN JUST AS THE LIGHT TURNED RED. THE BRAKES REMAINED "SPONGY," BUT THEY CAME BACK SHORTLY AFTER THE INCIDENT. THIS LAST EXAMPLE HAS HAPPENED AT THE SAME INTERSECTION TWICE. THE LIGHT TURNS YELLOW, I BRAKE, THE ABS KICKS IN, MY BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. THIS LAST TIME, I DROVE BACK TO THE INTERSECTION AND NOTED THAT THERE IS A DROP OR CONSIDERABLE BUMP ALONG A PAVEMENT SEAM JUST AS YOU COME UP TO THE LIGHT. ENOUGH OF A DROP THAT YOU CAN FEEL IT IN YOUR CAR AS YOU DRIVE OVER IT. BOTH OF THESE TIMES AT THE STOP LIGHT I WAS UNABLE TO STOP BEFORE THE INTERSECTION. I HAD TO PROCEED THROUGH MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN ON A RED LIGHT. I WAS NOT OVER-DRIVING OR SPEEDING, I WAS UNABLE TO STOP BECAUSE THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD GONE SOFT. THIS LAST TIME I TOOK THE CAR TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN TOWN AND THEY VERIFIED THAT THE HCU TESTED BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

DRIVING DOWN A HILL AND THE BRAKE WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND ALMOST COULDN'T STOP, HAD EVERYTHING CHECKED WITH THE BRAKES AND FLUID AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE WITH BRAKE FLUID LEVEL, BRAKE PADS BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN REMEDIED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE AN ABS MODULE AND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER AND HAVE THEM FIX THIS ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL WOULD COST AROUND 2,500.00. MY CAR ONLY HAS AROUND 50,000 MILES ON IT AND I AM THE ONLY OWNER WHO IS 72 YEARS OLD. PROBLEMS NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF QUICKER WITH RECALLS ALSO BECAUSE I'M STILL WAITING FOR MY AIRBAG RECALL AND THAT HAS BEEN FOR A YEAR NOW AND WHEN I CALL OR TAKE MY CAR TO THE DEALER FOR THEM TO FIX THE RECALL AND GET A RENTAL CAR WHICH I ALSO GOT A NOTICE THAT I WAS ELIGIBLE TO GET, THE DEALER WILL NOT GIVE ME A LOANER CAR NOR DO THEY EVEN KNOW OF WHEN THE TAKATA AIRBAGS WILL BE REPLACED. HOPEFULLY NO ONE GETS KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS 'RECALL'. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HOLDUP IS BUT, I DON'T APPRECIATE GETTING A RECALL NOTICE AND WASTING MY TIME TAKING MY CAR IN FOR IT AND THEN BEING TOLD THEY DON'T HAVE THE PART. FOR IT. WHAT PISS POOR SERVICE OUR AUTO INDUSTRY IS SINKING TO.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD TO BE DEPRESSED TO THE FLOORBOARD IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO EAGLE RIVER FORD (1050 E WALL ST, EAGLE RIVER, WI 54521), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WERE UNKNOWN.

AFTER THE ABS ENGAGED ON THE CAR ON SOME ICE (GOING APPROXIMATELY 20MPH) THE BRAKE PEDAL SANK NEARLY TO THE FLOOR. NOW I HAVE NO ABS AND THE PEDAL SINKS TO ABOUT 2 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR BEFORE BRAKING STARTS. I HAVE HAD THE LINES AND MASTER CYLINDER LOOKED AT AND THEY WERE FINE. THE DEALER BELIEVES IT IS THE ABS PUMP THAT HAS A STUCK VALVE. APPARENTLY THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON AND NEEDS TO BE A RECALL NOT JUST AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR BILL FOR SOMETHING THAT COULD KILL PEOPLE.

DEPRESSED BRAKE PEDAL AS I APPROACHED A PARKING SPOT AT A VERY SLOW SPEED; THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR; THE CAR DID NOT STOP. BACKED UP OFF OF A GRASSY AREA AND THE BRAKES WORKED FINE. THE BRAKES HAVE WORKED FINE SINCE THAN. CHECKING VARIOUS VEHICLE COMPLAINT SITES INDICATE THE TROUBLE IS VERY LIKELY THE ABS HYDRAULIC CONTROL MODULE. I BELIEVE THAT FORD IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FUSION. WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP IMMEDIATELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (BILL COLLINS FORD, 4220 BARDSTOWN RD, LOUISVILLE, KY) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ABS HYDRAULIC UNIT WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED APPROXIMATELY SIX YEARS LATER. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE RECENT FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM ON THE CAR IS DEFECTIVE AND ESSENTIALLY HAS MADE THE CAR UNUSABLE. THE ABS MODULE IS APPARENTLY NO LONGER SOLD AND ONLY AVAILABLE FROM A SALVAGE YARD. I HAVE BROUGHT THIS VEHICLE TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR AND EVEN WITH TWO SEPARATE ABS MODULES REPLACED THE BRAKES STILL DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. THEY HAVE NO PROPER REPAIR AVAILABLE.

SOFT BRAKES - 2007 FORD FUSION ACCIDENT IN WHICH CAR WAS TOTALED. DRIVING ON TO ON RAMP TO INTERSTATE. CARS SLOWED IN FRONT OF US, APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR CAR WOULDN'T STOP AND WE STRUCK THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF US.

THE ABS HCU VALVES IN MY 2007 FORD FUSION HAVE BECOME STUCK CAUSING THE BRAKES TO BECOME VERY "SPONGY" AND DRAMATICALLY INCREASE THE STOPPING DISTANCE OF MY VEHICLE. AFTER SOME RESEARCH, IT IS CLEAR THIS IS A VERY COMMON, DANGEROUS, AND COSTLY ISSUE THAT FORD WILL NOT STAND BEHIND.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOORBOARD IN ORDER TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS PUMP MALFUNCTIONED AND ALLOWED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE DEALER (PALLOTTA FORD LINCOLN, 4199 CLEVELAND RD, WOOSTER, OH 44691, (330) 345-6600) PERFORMED SEVERAL REPAIRS FROM BLEEDING THE BRAKES TO REPLACING THE MASTER CYLINDER; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF A SECOND VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. AFTER THE CRASH, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE INTERMITTENT BRAKE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ABS MODULE WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MODULE WAS REPLACED AND THE FAILURE WAS REMEDIED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. *TT CONSUMER STATED ON 3 OCCASIONS MY DAUGHTER REAR ENDED VEHICLES BECAUSE OF BRAKE FAILURE. IT WAS AN ABS MODULE WHICH HE FIXED. CONSUMER STATED WE HAVE A SALVAGE TITLE LOWERING THE COST OF RESALE. CONSUEMR FOUND ABS PROBLEM THROUGH A REPAIR SEARCH CALLED IDENTIFIX.*JB

THE BRAKES WENT SOFT WHILE APPROACHING A RED LIGHT AND I COULD NOT STOP. IT FELT LIKE THEY 'BLEW OUT' AND THEY MADE A LOW PITCH SCRATCHING NOISE. THE LIGHT THEN TURNED GREEN, PREVENTING AN ACCIDENT. I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THE HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS A DESIGN-FLAW ON FORD'S PART, AND NOT A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ISSUE.

BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, AND IS UNDRIVABLE DUE TO SAFETY ISSUES. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MONTHS WITH THIS VEHICLE, WE HAVE SPENT SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS, NUMEROUS PARTS FOR THE ABS BRAKES AND OIL LEAKS CONTINUALLY COMING FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER. PROBLEM NEVER FIXED, SEVERAL MECHANICS COULD NOT FIGURE OUT AFTER REPLACING EVERYTHING WITH THE BRAKE LINE AND STILL BRAKE GOES TO THE FLOOR. BRAKES BLED NUMEROUS TIMES AND NOTHING IS DIFFERENT, REPLACED SEVERAL PARTS AND NO IMPROVEMENT (HCU, BRAKE BOOSTER, MASTER CYLINDER, BOTH REAR BRAKE CALIPERS). PROBLEMS STILL PERSIST. VERY UPSET, THIS CAR IS MAKING US BROKE AND STILL NO RECALL!!?? SAME PROBLEM EVERY DAY WITH THE CAR, UNABLE TO SAFELY DRIVE IT, FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW, NOT JUST A SPECIFIC DATE, BUT MONTHS-LONG PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR, WE HAVE A CHILD WITH AUTISM WHO NEEDS TO GET TO APPOINTMENTS AND UNABLE TO DRIVE HIM IN THIS UNSAFE CAR. ALSO AIRBAG IS A SAFETY HAZARD, WAS OFFICIALLY RECALLED, BUT NO FIX PROVIDED ITS BEEN OVER 2 YEARS SINCE WE WERE NOTIFIED. THESE ARE SERIOUS SAFETY RISKS.

DRIVING ON SLIPPERY WINTER NORTHERN ILLINOIS ROAD, STEPPED ON BRAKES WHEN APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT. ABS KICKED IN (SEEMED TO BE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL), THEN BRAKE PETAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND COULD NOT STOP, ALMOST HIT THE CAR AHEAD OF ME. BRAKE PETAL REMAINED VERY SOFT AND EASILY WENT TO THE FLOOR BOARD FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. AFTER THAT, IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL. I AM CONVINCED AN ABS VALVE STUCK, SO I WENT TO THE DEALER TO GET A FIX / PART. TO MY SURPRISE, DEALER SAID FORD DOES NOT SUPPLY THE PART AND CANNOT FIX THIS PROBLEM WITH A NEW PART. SO, I HAVE NO SOLUTION. IF I GET A PART FROM THE JUNK YARD, IT WILL LIKELY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM IN TIME. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM TO THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY, AND FORD OFFERS NO SOLUTION. ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF IS DEACTIVATE THE ABS. AT LEAST I WILL HAVE SOME BRAKES IN EMERGENCY RATHER THAN NO BRAKES.

ABS BRAKE FAILURE. THIS IS A FOLLOW UP TO MY PREVIOUS REPORT. FORD DOES NOT HAVE A NEW HCU MODULE AVAILABLE TO CORRECT THIS MALFUNCTION. I HAD TO PAY THE LABOR FOR THREE USED MODULES TO BE INSTALLED BEFORE THE ABS SYSTEM WORKED PROPERLY. FORD DEALERS CONTINUE TO SELL 2007 TO 2009 FUSION AND MILANS WITH THIS POTENTIAL DANGEROUS PROBLEM.

THIS HAS HAPPEN INTERMITINGLY DURING THE COURSE OF OWNERSHIP. LATEST DATE IS 12/14/2017, CAR HAS 100,000 MILES ON IT - ORIGINAL OWNER. IF ON SLIPPERY, OR SNOWY ROAD AND BRAKES ARE USED TO STOP, IF ABS FUNCTIONS, PEDDLE GOES LOW AND STOPPING DIFFICULT. IF PEDAL PUMPED, BRAKES BECOME FIRM AND FUNCTION OK. EVENTUALLY SYSTEM GOES BACK TO NORMAL BY ITSELF.

I WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED. I WAS DRIVING AND TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED AND I ATTEMPTED TO STOP, HOWEVER WHEN I APPLIED PRESSURE AND THEN FELT MY PEDAL DROP AND GET SPONGY, I THEN HAD TO APPLY MUCH MORE PRESSURE BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH. WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH STOPPING DISTANCE ALMOST DOUBLED. I ATTEMPTED TO AVOID A DIRECT REAR END COLLISION AND MANAGED TO VEER OFF TO THE RIGHT AND ONLY HIT THE OTHER CAR ON THE RIGHT REAR SIDE BUMPER. I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENT REPORTS WHERE I HAVE REAR ENDED A PERSON AND IN THIS CASE I COULD FEEL THE BREAK PEDAL DROP UNDER ME. I FILED THE ACCIDENT REPORT WITH MY INSURANCE COMPANY. THIS IS THE STATEMENT THAT I GAVE TO THEM. "P1 WAS TRAVELING W/B IN THE NUMBER 3 LANE OF US HIGHWAY 50 WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AT ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR ON OCTOBER 20TH 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:19PM. TRAFFIC WAS MODERATE AND WAS BEGINNING TO COME TO A SLOW DOWN. P1 NEEDED TO TAKE EXIT 6B TOWARD CA-99 SOUTH IN 1.9 MILES SO I USED MY RIGHT TURN SIGNAL TO INDICATE I WAS SWITCHING FROM LANE 3 TO LANE 2. AS P1 PROCEEDED TO MERGE INTO THE NUMBER 2 LANE TRAFFIC WAS SLOWING DOWN AND I WAS ENTERING THE LANE AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. STILL TRAVELING WEST BOUND IN THE NUMBER 2 LANE JUST NORTH OF THE 59TH STREET OVERPASS, P2 WHO IS NOW DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF P1 SLAMS HIS BREAKS AND BEGINS TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. P1 WAS DRIVING ABOUT 25 FEET BEHIND P2 AT 25 MPH AND ALSO APPLIED THE FULL FORCE TO THE BREAKS. WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES I FELT A SPONGY FEELING ON MY BRAKE PEDAL, AND IT DIDN'T BEHAVE THE SAME AND I HAD TO REAPPLY MUCH MORE FORCE AT WHICH TIME IT WAS TOO LATE. I COLLIDED WITH THE OTHER VEHICLE AT ABOUT 10 MPH "

ON OCTOBER 20, 2017 MY ELDERLY MOTHER HAD TRAVELED ABOUT 150 MILES OUT OF TOWN. WHEN TRAVELING A TWO LANE ROAD A FUNERAL PROCESSION WAS COMING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. SHE HAD PULL THE CAR HALF WAY OFF THE ROAD WITH ONE SIDE OFF THE ROAD AND THE OTHER ON THE ROAD. WHEN EVERYONE STARTED TO GO AGAIN THE CAR IN FRONT OF HER CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP. WHEN MY MOTHER TRIED TO STOP SHE HAD NO BRAKES. SHE TRIED TO LEAVE THE ROAD TO AVOID HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF HER BUT SHE ENDED UP HITTING THE RIGHT CORNER OF THE CAR.. THANKFULLY MY BROTHER-IN-LAW WAS BEHIND HER. HE DROVE THE FORD FUSION 150 MILES USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKES FOR STOPPING HER CAR.IT WAS MOSTLY INTERSTATE MILES TO GET HER HOME. IF THE BRAKES HAD NOT FAILED UNTIL SHE WAS ON THE INTERSTATE THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A FATAL INCIDENT. HER 2007 FORD FUSION HAS 85,000 MILES. SHE LOVED THE CAR BECAUSE IT HANDLES AND RIDES SO WELL EVEN THOUGH THE DASH IS BUCKLING AND COMING APART. NOW SHE IS AFRAID OF IT. HER MECHANIC REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE ABS HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT WHICH CORRECTED THE ISSUE. THIS IS A RARE PART TO FAIL AND IT IS A REAL ISSUE.

I HAVE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES ON 2 OCCASIONS; BOTH TIMES THE ANTI-LOCK HAS ENGAGED BRIEFLY AND THEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT "SOFT", TRAVELING QUITE FAR. THE FIRST TIME I WAS DRIVING OVER A ROUGH SPOT AND APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE SECOND TIME THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ENGAGED WHEN I BRAKED ON AN ICY SPOT.