1999 Ford Ranger SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

THE REAR ABS BRAKE SYSTEM CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO HAVE A VERY LONG STOPPING DISTANCE. YOU GET THE FEELING THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO STOP IN TH DISTANCE NEEDED. VERY CLOSE NEAR ACCIDENTS MANY TIMES. EXCESSIVE FRONT BRAKE WEAR AND REPAIR REQUIRED.*AK

BRAKES HAD BEEN SQEUALING FOR A FEW MONTHS, LOCKING UP AT MOSTLY SLOW SPEEDS. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT RETRACTOR SPRINGS ON REAR BRAKES ARE RUSTED THROUGH. *AK

ABS BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED. WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED OVER ROUGH TERRAIN PEDAL BECAME HARD , RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, CAUSING A COLLISION. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK *SLC

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS CORROSION, INBOARD SIDE ROUGH,PITTED. ALSO OUTBOARD SIDES CORRODED . DEALER SERVICED BRAKES AT 15000 MILES , STATED CALIPERS NOT FLOATING IN CALIPER SUPPORTS. SUPPOSEDLY FREED CALIPER . CONDITION RETURNED AT 20000 MILES . BRAKES HAVE BEEN LOCKING UP OVER NIGHT, VEHICLE WONT ROLL IN MORNING UNTILL BRAKES RELEASE WITH LOUD NOISE. BRAKE ACTION SEEMS BIFFERENT AT TIMES , SOMETIMES BRAKES SEEM "TOUCHY" OTHER TIMES BRAKE EFFORT SEEMS EXCESSIVE AS IF BOOSTER NOT OPERATING PROPERLY . POOR BRAKE RESPONSE, TAKES LONGER TO STOP. BRAKE PADS DO NOT SEEM TO BE CONTACTING ROTORS EVENLY ACROSS ROTOR SWEPT AREA. OUTER EDGE OF ROTORS RUSTY, INNER AREAS SHINY. INBOARD SIDE OF ROTORS VERY ROUGH & PITTED. VEHICLE DRIVEN DAILY & GARAGED INSIDE MOST NIGHTS .*AK

ONE OF THE BOLTS HOLDING THE BRAKE CALIPER EITHER SHEARED OFF OR FELL OUT. THE BRAKE CALIPER ROTATED AND CONTACTED THE WHEEL. THIS CONTACT CRACKED THE WHEEL, RESULTING IN NEARLY INSTANTANEOUS DEFLATION OF THE TIRE AND LOCKED THE WHEEL.*AK

THE BRAKE ROTORS AND REAR BARKE DRUMS ARE VERY PRONE TO RUST. ROTORS RUST VERY BADLY ON THE COLLING VANES AND A LOT OF RUST BUILDS UP OUT SIDE OF THE WEAR SURFACES ON BOTH THE ROTORS AND DRUMS. RESULTING IN BRAKES FREEZING UP DURING COLD TEMPERATURE. THE MATERIAL IN THESE ROTORE ARE POOR QUALITY.

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED (UNDER WARRANTY) IN 9/00. I MADE A TRIP TO MARYLAND ON 10/09/00. ENROUTE I HAD TO MAKE A PANIC STOP AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. ON NORMAL STOPS THE BRAKES SEEM TO WORK FINE. I REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO CENTURY FORD. THEY ADVISED ME THAT THE SYSTEM WAS WORKING FINE. OVER THE WINTER MONTHS ON A HARD STOP ON SNOW COVERED ROADS THE ABS SYSTEM DID NOT SEEM TO WORK. I AGAIN REPORTED IT TO THE DEALER. ON 3/9/01 I STOPPED TO GET GAS AND AFTER FILLING UP I PROCEDED TO THE FUEL DESK TO PAY(APROX.25-40 FT.). I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE FRONT BUMPER HIT THE GUARD RAIL AT THE BUILDING. I IMMEDIATLY WENT TO THE DEALER AND ADVISED THE SERVICE DEPT. OF WHAT HAPPENED. THEY SCHEDULED IT IN ON 3/12/01 AND FOUND "LEFT REAR AXLE TOO LONG, DRUM NOT COVERING BRAKE SHOES". ON 3/22/01 THE AXLE AND SHOES WERE REPLACED. THE PEDAL STILL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR ON A HARD APPLICATION. I REQUESTED THAT THE DAMAGED FRONT BUMPER BE REPLACED DUE TO THE BRAKE PROBLEM AND MY REQUEST WAS DENIED. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER REPORTS OF THIS TYPE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.*AK

DRIVING AT 30MPH HAD TO STOMP ON PEDAL TO STOP.. POSSIBLE BRAKE BOOSTER/MASTER CYLINDER. *AK

BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED ALL 4 AT 8,380 MILES. *AK

BRAKES ARE STICKING, ROTORS WERE TURNED HOWEVER THE STICKING CONTINUES. *MJS

FRONT ROTORS ARE OUT OF ROUND. WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THEY PULSATE, AND STEERING PULLS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT UNTIL THE VEHICLE COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. FRONT ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED AND THE REAR BRAKES ADJUSTED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE, BRAKES OK SINCE. *AK *ML

BRAKE ROTORS ARE OUT OF ROUND. WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS APPLIED THEY PULSATE, AND STEERING PULLS BACK AND FORTH FROM RIGHT TO LEFT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

INTERMITTENT BRAKE SHOE OR DRUM LOUD 'RUBBING' SOUNDS WHEN SLIGHTLY RELEASING BRAKE PEDAL. HAPPENS MOST OFTEN IN STOP & GO TRAFFIC. SEEMS LIKE THE SHOE OR CALIPER IS NOT RELEASING FULLY FROM THE PAD.

BRAKE PULSATION. ROTORS TURNED AT 9000 MILES. ROTORS REPLACED AT 15000 MILES. ROTORS TURNED AT 23000 MILES. PULSATION RETURNING AT 27000 MILES. *AK

VEHICLE BEGAN TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AND WAS FORCED INTO THE GUARDRAIL, THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE HAD A BROKEN STEERING KNUCKLE AND THE BRAKE PAD ON FRONT WAS COMPLETELY WORN DOWN, THE PINS IN THE CALIPER HAD GOTTEN RUST ON THEM AND WERE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, THIS WAS POSSIBLY THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. *SLC

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES ON WET PAVEMENT FRONT BRAKES LOCK UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO COME TO A VERY ABRUPT STOP. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED IN A CRASH. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

FORD RANGER 1999.WHEN TRUCK HIT 100-150 MILES ,IT STARTED PULLING TO THE LEFT WHEN YOU WOULD BRAKE. AT 1000 MILES,IT STARTED PULLING TO THE RIGHT. BY 1500 MILES IT WOULD PULL EITHER WAY, OR MAYBE NOT AT ALL! NOW IT IS PULLING HARD HARD LEFT. IF UNAWARE OR CAUGHT OFF GUARD, IT WILL YANK THE STEERING WHEEL OUT OF YOUR HANDS.VERY DANGEROUS!! I HAVE ALMOST HIT OTHER VEHICLES AND EVEN THE CEMENT FREEWAY DIVIDER. I WILL LET NO-.ONE ELSE DRIVE.IT IS TOO UNSAFE...I ALSO HAD A 1998 EXACT SAME TRUCK-EXACT SAME PROBLEM, EVEN AFTER 7 SERVICE VISITS/ AND DAYS TAKEN OFF WORK. EARNHARDT WAS UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND FORD DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.FORD FINALLY BOUGHT THE 1998 BACK FROM ME AND PUT ME IN THIS 1999....THE '99 HAS NOT BEEN IN THE SHOP, YET, UNTIL FORD MANUFACTURE CAN FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION..ON THE 1998 THAT EARNHARDTS TRIED TO FIX EVERYTHING THEY COULD THINK OF WITH NO SATISFACTION!!! THIS PROCESS IS VERY HARD ON MY NERVES AND MY LOVE OF FORD VEHICLES.IT IS AN EXPERIENCE I NEVER WANTED TO HAVE TO GO THRU AGAIN. IN SHORT: I BELIEVE THIS TRUCK IS VERY VERY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD NOT BE ON THE HIGHWAYS OR STREETS! *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

WHILE TRAVELING WITHIN THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT AND APPROACHING A GREEN LIGHT AT AN INTERSECTION, TWO VEHICLES TRAVELING AT A SAFE DISTANCE AHEAD OF ME DECIDED TO STOP AT THE GREEN LIGHT TO ALLOW A POLICE CAR THROUGH THE INTERSECTION TRAVELING PERPENDICULAR TO US. I BRAKED TO STOP THINKING I HAD PLENTY OF TIME. THE BRAKES DID NOT FUNCTION AS I THINK THEY SHOULD. EVERYTHING LOCKED UP AND I BUMPED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. IT WAS NOT A HARD HIT AS I ALMOST STOPPED. THE CAR WAS NOT DAMAGED BUT MY TRUCK HAD THE BUMPER RUINED AND OTHER RELATIVELY MINOR DAMAGE. I FEEL THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK AS DESIGNED AND THE GENTELMAN AT THE BODY SHOP SAYS HE HAS HEARD SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FROM NUMEROUS FORD RANGER OWNERS. IS THERE A HISTORY OF THIS REPORTED?

REAR RIGHT BRAKE LINE IS RUBBING AGAINS SHOCK ABSORBER MIDDLE PART. ALSO THE HYDRAULIC HOSE IS UNDER , IT RUBS AGAINST THE LEAF SPRING. THIS IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD. *AK

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS I HAVE EXPERIENCED BRAKE PULLING PROBLEMS AND AT LEADT THREE OCCASIONS A COMPLETE BRAKING FAILURE. I HAVE TAKEN THE 1999 FORD RANGER TRUCK TO THE DEALER WITH A COMPLAINT OF BRAKE PULL AT LEAST THREE TIMES BEFORE TODAYS VISIT. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ALWAYS WRITES "NO PROBLEM FOUND" ON THE REPAIR ORDER. I HAVE NOTIFIED FORD MOTOR CO. TWO TIMES ABOUT THE BRAKE PULL, BRAKE FADING, AND NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRUCK. I MUST ALWAYS INITATE CONTACT WITH THE DEALERSHIP EVEN AFTER FORD TOLD ME THAT THE DEALER WOULD CALL WITHIN THREE BUSINESS DAYS. ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS THE STEERING WHEEL PULLED OUT OF MY GRIP HARD TO THE LEFT WHILE BRAKING. ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASSIONS I LOST ALL BRAKING ABILITY COMPLETELY. THE LAST INCIDENT ALMOST RESULTED IN ACRASH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE BRAKES BECAME VERY HARD AS IF THE BRAKE LININGS WERE EXPERIENCING BRAKE FADE. THE BRAKES WERE NOT HOT AND I HAD PLENTY OF HIGHWAY TO STOP BEFORE MEETING THE STOPPED TRAFFIC AHEAD. I HELD TIGHT TO THE STEERING WHEEL, ALMOST STANDING UP ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE SMALL TRUCK BEFORE A CRASH. I HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO MENTAL THINK "THIS TRUCK IS NOT STOPPING." I WAS NOT HAPPY AT THE EXPERIENCE. FORD MOTOR CO. WAS NOTIFIED OF MY CONCERNS DURING AUGUST1999. NO ONE SEEMS TO TAKE ME SERIOUSLY. IF I HAVE A CRASHN AS A RESULT OF THIS FAULTY BRAKING SYSTEM, I WANTTO AT LEAST HAVE IT ON RECORD THAT IT WAS REPORTED SEVERAL TIMES TO MANY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, ADAM CINGEL

TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF MY VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, I STEPPED ON THE BRAKES, (NO I DID NOT PUMP THEM), THE PICKUP TOOK A LOT OF DISTANCE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I HAD PROBABLY THREE CAR LENGTHS INFRONT OF ME AND I HIT THE TRAILER HITCH OF THE PICKUP INFRONT OF ME. I CONTACTED THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND THEY TOLD ME IT DIDN'T FAIL. THAT WAS IT. *AK

FRONT BRAKES WHICH ARE NOT ABS DID NOT LOCK UP IN EMERGENCY SITUATION AND RESULTED IN ACCIDENT. YH

NO POWER BRAKES. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT 50 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THEY WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE, RESULTIN GIN A CRASH. *AK