Takata recall air bags still have not been fixed due to lack of replacement parts. abs braking system, brake pedal goes soft after hard breaking and turning, car continues to roll with very little stopping power. once car was shut off and turned on again pedal came back and stopping power came back to normal. the vehicle was in motion on a city street in a drizzling rain and swerved to avoid a car that attempted to turn in front of me, i hit the breaks and swerved to avoid an accident, then when approaching a light approx. 3 blocks away, the pedal went soft and i coasted to a stop. this continued for the rest of the ride approx. 2 miles. i reached the destination and shut the car off, when i came back to the car i started it and the breaks worked fine for stopping from that point on to my home. i had to ride the break pedal for quite a distance before stopping when the pedal went soft. there was no accident however it was a very tense drive not knowing if i would be able to stop my vehicle and hoping that nobody would cut me off and i would need to stop quickly because that was not going to happen. i noticed there are many complaints regarding this and i feel that ford should be recalling and replacing the parts necessary at no cost to the vehicle owner. according to a ford tech it is the abs control valve, and it is a costly repair.
Takata recall i have had issues with my brakes ever since i got the brake pads changed about a year ago. i have taken it to several shops that cannot tell what is causing the problem. it is really difficult to get the car to stop. you really have to press all the way down. i find it extremely dangerous. brakes should work immediately not with a delay. in rain or snow the car has an even more difficult time stopping which has almost resulted in a few accidents. i really believe their needs to be a recall. this is our family's car and i don't even feel safe driving it alone, much less with my children. please look into this matter. peoples lives are at stake!
Braking failure 3 times from august 2016 - october 2017. each time vehicle was traveling between 30 and 50 miles per hour when brake pedal was pushed, and then brake pedal 'went soft' or 'went to the floor' only slowly slowing the vehicle. each time car was successfully pulled to a safe stop. braking returned to normal after sitting over night. brakes serviced after first two incidents. after oct 2017 incident problem was duplicated by service tech by breaking quickly and turning wheel on freeway off ramp, i don't know how fast they were traveling. have been told that problem is abs pump.
Hydraulic control unit (hcu) i was driving home one morning following a truck on a two lane road at 60mph when a piece of furniture fell off the truck. i braked and swerved to the edge of the road to miss the chair and my abs came on. i immediately felt ilike i couldn't stop and the abs was not helping. i finally stopped and was able to avoid a collision. later at the next stop light my brakes were very soft and barely worked. (pedal to the floor) i believe the hcu malfunctioned.
I was driving to work, and hit a rough patch of gravel. the abs system engaged, and my brakes went all the way to the floor. they were soft and totally unresponsive. fortunately, i drive a manual, so i downshifted and used the emergency brake to come to a stop. if there would have been a need to suddenly stop, i would have certainly hit the car object in front of me. the brakes have been spongy since this incident.
Herky jerky acceleration. dealership said it was a sensor. 6 months later, same problem. dealership said a small oil leak burned through some wires. stated some sort of issue with a wiring harness. stated wiring harness needed replaced, but was virtually impossible to locate. brakes constantly need repairs/replacements. multiple times per year.
Abs module and hydrolic system failed, costly repairs expected. do not feel safe driving car.
Yesterday we slowly drove over a couple of very rough pavement grooves - the kind you drive over to warn you to slow down for a railroad crossing or stop sign. these were severe grooves and really rattled the car - btw they were at devils tower national monument in wyoming. don't see any need for them either. the next time i applied the brakes the pedal was very soft and stayed that way; the car is now unsafe to drive. in researching this online i see this is a known issue on ford fusions and mercury milan models. a defect in the cars' antilock braking system (abs) hydraulic control unit is suspected to be the problem. many drivers have lodged complaints that after an abs-assisted braking maneuver ' on a rough surface or other irregularity in the road, for example ' the brake pedal was observed to "go soft," requiring extraordinary pressure to activate the brakes the nhtsa reported an investigation on this on 12/27/2016. please ramp up your investigation in this matter and require ford to replace these defective abs modules or any other component resulting in sudden brake loss.
Several times over the course of several years, after the abs has engaged while driving, the brake pedal goes "soft" and has to be depressed all or nearly all of the way to the floor in order for the vehicle to stop. usually, the brake pedal stays "soft" for several hours, then returns to normal the same day. in the past, i have taken it in to the dealer, and they have stated that they couldn't replicate the problem so they couldn't fix it. the last time this happened was on september 29, 2017. after several days, the brakes still hadn't returned to normal, so i took it in to the dealer (dewey ford in ankeny, iowa). they stated that the hydraulic control unit had to be replaced. with parts and labor, the repair bill came to $1,318.06, before taxes.
I lose brake pressure after the abs is activated on slippery roads or uneven/bumpy roads while turning. once the abs activates and stops, the brakes seems to not to fully recover where the pedal has to go to the floor to get minimal brake pressure and it takes a longer distance to stop.
This is my second occurrence of a previously reported problem. on 9/26/2017, after applying brakes while driving over a speed bump on a city street, my brakes got extremely soft, going all they way to the floor before slowly stopping the car. if ii was traveling faster and this happened, the car likely would not stop quickly. the sponginess continued for several hours of driving before returning to normal. independent brake mechanics again could not identify the cause of this second occurance in 6 months. it seems this problem is common and could lead to accidents with injury or death. ford must fix or at least identify the source of the problem!
On two occasions in the last two months i have attempted to stop my vehicle and the brake pedal went all the way to the floor. the first time i was able to pump the brake pedal and get enough pressure to stop my vehicle. the second time i was not able to get any pressure back by pumping the brake pedal. after turning the car off each time the pedal was back to normal this makes it very difficult to have it diagnosed. i have read a lot of other complaints for the same thing on the ford fusions i think ford should take these very serious before someone wreaks or dies because of this issue. i avoided an accident only by going into another lane which isn't always possible.
When driving over uneven or wet roads antilock brakes malfunction, causing brake pedal to go soft. this increases the distance it takes to stop. i have had to pull of the road or move to another lane to avoid collision. after stopping and pumping the brake or shifting from park back into drive brake pedal resumes normal tension. cars sensors show no brake issue. my mechanic ran a brake check through the computer, no abnormalities showed up. i have noticed the antilock brake malfunction on city streets driving straight and while making turns. i have not tested the antilock brake on the highway.
I am writing about my daughters car.the car was operating normally when she had to apply the brakes hard and the abs engaged. the next time she applied the brakes the pedal went to the floor. the car would not stop, and passed through a red light into the intersection. after that the brakes slowly seemed to come back to normal operation. about 2 months later she was making a turn and hit some rough pavement and a pothole, and felt the abs engage. on the next stop the pedal again went to the floor and she had trouble stopping the car. the brakes are now working, but not nearly as well as they used to. my local mechanic says he has seen this problem before on other ford fusions and that the abs hydraulic control unit is defective and needs to be replaced. he stated that the part and the job is very expensive. at this point i do not feel safe allowing my daughter drive.
When abs brakes engage they malfunction and my brake pedal goes soft. it takes until the pedal is to the floor to brake. it happens every time the abs needs to engage. this has been happening for about 2 years off and on. now the abs system is completely broken and the car is unable to be driven until the full abs system is replaced.
While traveling at approximately 20 mph on a generally straight, level and dry paved city street. , i was applying the brakes to gradually stop the vehicle approaching a stoplight. my right front tire entered a pothole and i felt the abs activate, i released the brake, and the abs quickly deactivated. i then pushed the brake pedal to complete the stop, but the pedal went to the floor and i pumped the brake to complete the stop. the issue persisted from that point on (driving two miles before parking). after parking overnight the issue remains, the car will stop but the pedal is soft and needs to be pumped.
While driving my 2009 ford fusion at 25 mph, i came upon stopped traffic. the road was wet and a little uneven as i was crossing a short overpass but there was plenty of stopping distance. the abs activated. i held the brake pedal to the floor but the brakes did very little to slow the car until the car ran into the stopped traffic. at 25 mph, there was no concern that the car would not stop in time even with the abs activated, but it did not. there was no skidding or sliding of the tires. i believe that the abs module just did not apply enough pressure to the brake lines. i think this falls under pe 16-017.
On 3 occasions my anti-lock brake system seemed to engage and fail causing the entire brake system itself to fail. one occasion was braking over a slick surface in a city street, my anti-lock brakes attempted to engage and the pedal then went straight to the floor and my vehicle hardly slowed down even 5 mph. on two other occasions going over uneven surfaces, one a high way exit ramp, the other a city street under construction. i attempted to brake so my suspension system would take less of an impact, and because of the object i was going over my anti-lock brakes engaged and failed. on both occasions the brake pedal goes all the way to the floor and the vehicle hardly slows at all. each time this happens the brake pedal will not recover for approximately 2-3 weeks. by this i mean that i must depress the brake pedal about 80% before the brakes will actually engage. after the 2-3 week period the brakes seem to go back to normal on their own. on all three occasions my brake pads were at least 80% and the brake fluid was full.
Loss of braking after abs event. i was driving down the road and i had to make a sudden stop to avoid hitting another vehicle. the abs system activated and then the brakes became spongy afterwards. from then on, even the regular brakes were spongy and would not build up pressure after pumping manually. i checked on the internet and there are youtube videos on the subject and there are websites with this complaint. seems to be widespread. there is also a nhtsa document (odi resume pe 16-017) on the subject. i talked to a ford dealer, and he said that to replace the hydraulic control unit (hcu) would cost about $2000. ford has not issued a technical service bulletin (tsb) or a recall for this problem, so they won't pay for the repair. the regular brakes should work even in the event of an abs system failure, but this is not happening; thus i cannot rely on my brakes unless the abs is disabled. maybe i should pull the abs fuse.
Takata recall. the brakes seem to not be fixable. i have replace brake pads, master cynlinder, flushed out break fluid, bled brake. brake are still not working properly. if i hit a bump at a pretty good speed, the brakes get worse and then i have to push the pedal all the way to the floor and still doesn't really slow down. i have spent a lot of money on getting these brakes repaired and still not working properly. i hit on brakes to pull over and i hit a bump on the side of the road and brakes stopped working properly again. i don't know what else to do. i have had ford dealership inspect brakes and they said i need to replace master cylinder. i replaced it and no change.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 ford fusion. while driving 20 mph, the abs malfunctioned. the contact depressed the brake pedal and the brake pedal extended approximately 3/4 of the way down. the vehicle lunged forward as if the contact had come to an emergency stop, but only minimal pressure was applied to the brake pedal. the contact stated that the brake malfunction was intermittent. the dealer and manufacturer were not made aware of the issue. the failure mileage was approximately 124,000.
Cosumer owns 2009 ford fusion. on four different occasions vehicle lost significant braking pressure that was believed to be caused by wheels hitting potholes which resulted in sudden dropping of brake pedal to floor, a decrease in rate of deceleration of vehicle, increase in stopping distance, and loss of ability to control car's deceleration by increasing the foot pressure applied to the brake pedal. *tt *js
I have a 2009 ford fusion sel 2.0 v6. my wife and i were travelling at highway speeds when traffic began to slow in front of us. with plenty of room to stop i began applying the brakes, but they just kept travelling until the pedal was on the floor. the car eventually stopped, but only after swerving into the narrow shoulder and narrowly missing the guard rail and stopped traffic. since this incident the brakes are very soft and will periodically lose enough pressure to where the pedal will go all the way to the floorboard. it seems random and is very dangerous. my wife will not even drive the car anymore after our highway scare. from my reading the the zinc hydraulic control unit in the abs systemhas a coating that turns gelatinous over time when met with brake fluid. it is a very obvious and dangerous defect that should be corrected by ford, and has been in later models. that,in and of itself, should prompt a safety recall. i hope the nhtsa findings will help to protect our safety as consumers.
There is a malfunction with the hydrolic control unit anti brake system. the brakes only work if you press the pedal completely to the floor. the brakes do not work when pressed regularly, they must be pressed down to the floor. this causes the car to not stop when you need it to, resulting in instances where one might get injured if not fixed.
When i drive in the rain or when i hit a pot hole, my abs will kick in and i lose any type of breaking on my car. the break pedal goes all the way down to the floor. it does not matter if im on the highway or the street, as soon as the abs kicks in i lose the break pedal. this is very dangerous for me and my son.
Brake pedal drops to floor after hitting a pothole while vehicle is in motion. no brake warning illuminated. this occurred while attempting to brake at an intersection.
Brake pedal drops to floor after hitting a pothole while vehicle is in motion. no brake warning on. this happened while attempting to brake into a right turn on a city street at less than 10 mph. now brakes are very soft and have to press to the floor to stop. i had the brakes bled once and the issue seemed to be fixed. the next bump while brakes were pressed caused the same issue. i believe the hydraulic control module is stuck open after the abs engaged.
After the abs is activated the brake pedal goes to the floor. has happened multiple times and the only way i can get brake pressure is to get the abs to activate by slamming on the brakes. i have had to activate the abs up to 6 times to get pressure back. very scary the first time it happens.
Have had 2 incidents of abs engagement followed by loss of brakes, where pedal went down to the floor. first time was in february of this year. road conditions were slick and the car slid slightly. abs was activated and then there was loss of brakes. had the car towed to a local mechanic and the whole brake system was inspected. all that was found was some air in the lines and brake pressure came back. rotors, pads, calipers, master cylinder were fine. second incident happened august 5th while going on vacation. was about an hour from home when i slowed down to go through a toll booth. road was wet and i hit a slight bump going through the toll. after i got through the toll, brake pedal sunk to the floor! i then exited the turnpike and headed back home and drove it back an hour with no brake pressure. fortunately it was early morning and traffic wasn't heavy. i got home, switched all of the luggage into my other car and i called a friend who works on cars and he said i could drop it off and he would look at it while we were on vacation. while he had it, the brake pressure came back. but again entire braking system was inspected and nothing wrong was found. there has to be a glitch in the abs. the first five years i had the car, nothing like this ever happened. other on line postings i've read describe similar situations happening when the vehicle has 60,000 or more miles on it. my vehicle is at 60,000. ford needs to look into this! does someone have to get seriously injured or killed before they take any action?
Brakes go soft after breaking over irregular surface. paid ford dealership 1400 dollars to repair. brakes continue to go soft over irregular surfaces.
After abs engaged, loss of brake feel and an increase in stopping distance. the top inch of pedal travel felt normal followed by several inches of no brake "feel" until near the bottom of pedal travel where braking resumed. this occurs only after the abs engages and lasts for several minutes to several days after. brake loss resulted in a near collision. abs engaging after event is not as effective as initial abs event resulting in increased stopping distance while abs is engaging. this has occured multiple times with the most recent event happening on 7/13/2017. issue usually resolves a day or two after occurimg but will reoccur if abs is engaged again.
During routine braking event from approx. 25 mph, the abs system unexpectedly and unnecessarily engaged. upon abs activation the brake pedal lost all pressure and sank to the floor and all braking power was lost. braking power was eventually regained after repeated pumping of the brake pedal but stopping distance extended well beyond normal even with brake pedal pushed to the floor. i believe this to be related to nhtsa # pe16017
When driving on wet or slippery surface and need to brake the brakes lock up and don't unlock until car comes to a complete stop. my speed is not really a factor it has scared the sh*t out of me and i won't let my wife or kids drive my car when these conditions are present. i've had a mechanic look at it and he can't figure it out.
Vehicle brakes get spongy and lose power while having foot on brake and going over minor bumps in the road..many times brake pedal will go to the floor after hitting bumps..this has happened more than once and has occurred at various speeds...seems to have started at about 85,000 miles and above..i feel they are waiting for someone to get seriously injured before they look into it.
Abs hydraulic control unit failure....upon braking while hitting a pothole, the abs kicks on, and the brake pedal goes mushy almost to floor and car doesn't stop, only happens after abs has been activated. operates normal at all other times. ford knows about this problem and refuses to recall or pay for the fix, clearly not enough people have been injured or killed yet. unreliable braking is a big problem!!!
Brake pedal goes straight to floor - no brakes!!! just replaced all discs, rotors, calipers less than 1 year ago. google forums and you tube videos reflect this is a common problem that seems to occur in these vehicles with abs pump after abs activates. please please please please please hold ford responsible for this safety defect!!!!! these are generally good reliable cars and have a lot of life to them. it's a shame that they won't just step up and do the right thing in this situation. too many complaints to be justifiably ignored.
I had to hit my brakes to avoid a collision while driving on a city street while it was raining. ever since, the brake pedal has gone all the way to the floor with very little pressure. the first occurrence happened in june 2017 but has been a continous and very scary issue since then. i took my car to a ford dealership where they originally told me the master cylinder needed to be replaced. the master cylinder was replaced but i was told that the brakes were still not working correctly. upon further investigation by the dealership, i was told the hydraulic control unit would need to be replaced. the car is currently being serviced at a ford dealership
Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2009 ford fusion. while driving at an unknown speed, the brake pedal traveled to the floorboard without warning. the vehicle was taken to the dealer (boyd brothers ford, oxford, nc, 877-658-0824), but the failure was not duplicated. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and did not call back. also, the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 17v024000 (air bags). the failure mileage was approximately 72,700. vin tool confirms parts not available.
Break pedal goes to the floor. the vehicle takes longer to stop. pumping the breaks several times seems to fix the problem. this is a random problem.
On may 19 my son was returning from the gym. he was travelling on the main road in our area (speed limit 55 mph). as he approached a traffic light he began to slow down. he had slowed to approximately 25 mph and the brakes were functioning normally. then he drove over a rough patch of asphalt with lots of small pot holes or bumps. after hitting one of those pot holes the brake pedal immediately went all the way to the floor. he had almost now braking power at all. thankfully there was plenty of distance between him and the car in front of him, as well as a slight uphill grade to the road at that point. he was able to stop just short of the traffic light and avoid an accident. when the light turned green he proceeded slowly, trying to pump the brakes at regular intervals to see if any braking power would return. he drove slowly one mile to my office to inform me of what had happened. we recorded notes about the incident. he then restarted the vehicle and proceeded slowly down the private drive to our home. the problem with the brake pedal continued. when i received this subsequent report, i left work and came home to work with the vehicle personally. air pressure in all four tires was at the recommended level or within a 5% variance to the low side. i found the pedal was still very soft, even after pumping the brakes repeatedly. i took the vehicle onto our private drive and an adjacent private parking lot to test it further. i got the vehicle up to about 30 mph then activated a hard stop three different times. the brakes held each time. this is the fourth similar braking failure we have had with this vehicle in the last six months, all without warning. we have had the vehicle inspected at the local ford dealer. they say they cannot find anything wrong with the braking system. the brakes seem to work perfectly all the time...except when they don't work at all!
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 ford fusion. while driving less than 35 mph, the vehicle experienced a loss of brake function. the failure occurred without warning. the vehicle was taken to an unknown ford dealer in knoxville, nc, but the failure could not be duplicated. the manufacturer was not notified. the failure mileage was approximately 72,000.
After hard braking and abs activation to avoid an accident while highway driving, brake pedal became very soft. after later stopping and restarting engine (and verifying brake fluid level), petal is still soft / inconsistent. need to pump brakes to build enough pressure ot stop. concerned valves on hydraulic control unit is sticking, not allowing full hydraulic pressure to wheel calipers.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 ford fusion. while driving various speeds, the brake pedal extended to the floorboard when depressed. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure. the failure mileage was approximately 57,000.
Brakes went to the floor and overshot turning lane after i hit a bump in the road while braking. pavement was damp, i was on an incline on a local 2 lane road. 3rd time for this. dealer said my brakes were fine after the second time it happened, dec. 2016. seems to be abs system. sent repair invoice on last report dec. 2016.
Brakes suddenly became very soft, going often all the way to the floor, and is worse with no brakes if hit a bump while on the brakes.
While driving through a construction zone, we had to apply the brakes hard to avoid some oncoming traffic. the next time we applied the brakes, the brakes went almost to the floor. after turning the car off, the problem was resolved temporarily. next, while going down a steep hill and applying the brakes hard to stop for a crosswalk, the brakes acted fine for a few seconds and then started going to the floor requiring the brakes to be pumped several times to build them back up. it has happened several times in the past few months and it seems to happen only after a hard or rough braking event. seems as though turning the car off fixes the problem temporarily.
Shortly after going over a pothole, i was then on a fairly steep downhill grade approaching a stop sign on a city street at approximately 25 mph. as i braked, there was a feeling of "release: in the brake pedal and then the pedal got very "soft". the pedal traveled much further than usual to nearly "the floor" with very little braking power taking place. right after finally stopping the brakes were still soft but returned to normal after a minute or 2 after commencing slow driving. i had the brakes/system inspected.....no problem evident. have only owned the car one month so unsure of prior occurrences.
On april 13 at 8:25 a.m. my son was leaving to drive over to the community college for class. as he left the subdivision and approached the stop sign at the main road, he applied the brakes to stop. the brakes worked fine until just before the stop sign when he hit a pot hole. the brakes immediately went soft so that he had to push the pedal all the way to the floor to get any stopping power at all. thankfully he was only going 3-5 mph when the brakes failed. he threw the transmission into "park" (it was going slow enough that it held) and was able to stop before rolling out into traffic on the main road. the weather was clear and the asphalt pavement was dry. he turned the vehicle around and drove it home. i tested the vehicle and we were eventually able to restore braking action by turning the engine off and on repeatedly and pumping the brakes while the engine was running. this is the third similar braking failure we have had with this vehicle in the last six months. each incident has occurred without warning. we have had the vehicle inspected at the local ford dealer. they say they cannot find anything wrong with the braking system. the brakes seem to work perfectly all the time...except when they don't work at all! this is really scary and frustrating. i sure hope ford will do something about this known issue.
Driving over bumpy roadway and applied brakes. they went soft and the pedal went to the floor. remained that way until the car was shut off.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 ford fusion. while driving 35 mph, the contact depressed the brake pedal, but the vehicle vibrated and failed to slow down or stop without warning. the brake pedal became very loose. the vehicle was towed to the contact's home. the vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic. a friend of the contact, who works as a ford mechanic, diagnosed that the electronic control module failed and needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. the vin was unknown. the approximate failure mileage was 66,000.