Brakes Failure on highway - known issue according to dealership?

[Oly]

Hey there - yeah I’m running a 2.3L

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[Oly]

I don't imagine it's easy to find that switch in the split second of an emergency after losing your brakes though,,, unless you are lucky.

Yeah no- It scared the crap out of me. Obviously in a 2.3 auto those buttons on the side of the shifter are what saved me to slow down in a controlled manner. Pulling the ebrake isnt always an option especially in my situation where you need to slow and not just stop as there are people behind and to the side of you.

 

[Marauder]

And here I thought the headlights were holding back their safety ratings…

 

[gentlemanbronco]

WOW, is all I can say.... I like how the dealer/shop was nonchalant about the brake issue being a known problem like its no biggie....
Glad you're ok.

 

[Oly]

WOW, is all I can say.... I like how the dealer/shop was nonchalant about the brake issue being a known problem like its no biggie....
Glad you're ok.

Yeah totally- I’m still waiting on the shop to get more info on exactly what about this was the known issue (ie 2.3, Outer Banks, what building it was from… etc) but - I am still waiting on them to fix as the part has to come from Michigan. So …. Yeah I had my car for 2 weeks and this happened. Super pissed . Now I’m paying for a car thats just sitting there yet again waiting for a part. Not cool. Depending on how they handle this I’m thinking about chasing this one down with Ford directly. This is not a faulty light or something like that. This is really serious and to have it be a known issue this should be recalled …if it is a known issue. Right?

 

[Marauder]

Yeah totally- I’m still waiting on the shop to get more info on exactly what about this was the known issue (ie 2.3, Outer Banks, what building it was from… etc) but - I am still waiting on them to fix as the part has to come from Michigan. So …. Yeah I had my car for 2 weeks and this happened. Super pissed . Now I’m paying for a car thats just sitting there yet again waiting for a part. Not cool. Depending on how they handle this I’m thinking about chasing this one down with Ford directly. This is not a faulty light or something like that. This is really serious and to have it be a known issue this should be recalled …if it is a known issue. Right?

I agree. This is absolutely unacceptable. This will be my vehicle, but my wife will be driving this, too and I don’t want this to happen to EITHER of us.

My vehicle was just totaled. It was 11-years old and a TOTAL WARHORSE, so I’m waiting on a Vin. However, this out of all the other bullshit is enough to make me cancel.

Completely unacceptable. I need to know that @Ford Motor Company has a genuine understanding that this needs an immediate remedy

 

[ProdigyJKU]

4doors?

 

[Oly]

4doors?

Yep 4 door hard top sasquach OBX 2.3.

 

[stormshadow3800]

I have had a pre-collision warning come on twice randomly. It seemed to sense cross traffic on an angled side road and then someone in a turn lane next to me. I didn't try to apply the brakes as it wasn't needed. I didn't think much of it at the time, but this is a bit scary.

 

[Firefight911]

My biggest complaint (this week) is that the emergency brake is electromagnetic.. and fails into the on position, at that.

Losing your brakes is a lot less scary when you have a backup that you can modulate. As is, your options are to do what you did, or hit the e-brake and hold on for dear life. She's gonna buck!

Good thinking and glad you made it out alive.

There will be no “bucking.” The car will merely slow to a stop as long as you hold the switch engaged. If you let the switch go, the e-brake will disengage and you continue moving. The rear tires will not suddenly lock up.

 

[wrbix]

Brake boosters should be, and all are AFAIK, designed in such a way that in the event of a booster failure there is still unboosted brake function, that will by definition require more pedal pressure but still apply braking to the wheels.
With that in mind, have to ask OP if there was any effect of applying high pedal pressure?

 

[Firefight911]

Yeah no- It scared the crap out of me. Obviously in a 2.3 auto those buttons on the side of the shifter are what saved me to slow down in a controlled manner. Pulling the ebrake isnt always an option especially in my situation where you need to slow and not just stop as there are people behind and to the side of you.

The e-brake will also slow you in a controlled fashion. It won’t lock up, and it won’t stop you, unless you hold the e-brake switch engaged.

 

[Oly]

The e-brake will also slow you in a controlled fashion. It won’t lock up, and it won’t stop you, unless you hold the e-brake switch engaged.

Have you personally tried that?

 

[Firefight911]

Have you personally tried that?

Yes. Have you? See my board name, synonymous with safety first. Train the brain just as I did when I was an engineer on a 50,000 lb fire appartus. It also doesn’t buck when you drive along and pop the air brake.

 

[Winni Made]

This is scary as hell. Waiting on delivery in a few weeks. This will be an every day driver and one that I put my family in. Definitely need to understand what the issue is, what has been done to correct it.

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