Brake Electric Antilock Problems of Ford Explorer - part 2

Front sway bar bracket broken, check engine light on, rear suspension bad, rear bumper & frame bent, electrical shortage, front & rear brakes needed, rear -end shifts. At the time of purchase I was lied to because I did inquire about and accident but was told it was not. Also, allignment needed.

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My name is shelly franklin I am the owner of the vehicle mentioned my mother is the first name on the contract. This vehicle has been reported to have a steering and braking problem four times to the dealership where I purchased it and once to another. I have since had an accident in this vehicle due to the problems that this vehicle has. I have for months tried to solve this through the proper channels . This was not resolved and I have documentation to prove so. I have never asked the dealership for anything other than to fix it or replace the vehicle with another one equivalant to this one . They kept letting me leave the service dept thinking it was fixed only to find out that day or a couple of days later after driving it that it was never fixed. I had an accident that never needed to happen and I have been out money out of my own pocket because of this vehicle and it is still under warranty. I need this problem investigated and solved . You may be my last hope before I have to obtain a lawyer for this dealership and Ford. . Thank you shelly franklin, 4004 sherman hollow , parrottsville, TN 37843 423-623-1060.

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Engine accelerated during braking to a stop. Unable to stop vehicle with brakes.

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Consumer applied brakes at 20 mph and pedal went to the floor. There was no braking action, and he rearended another vehicle. No injuries. Vehicle at dealership at this time.

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Vehicle would intermittently have extended stopping distance. Brake would squeal ,and pedal would be soft when applied. Dealer contacted. Feel free to provide any further information.

Consumer was traveling about 35mph on road to pass another vehicle. , and without prior warning, vehicle acellerated about 100mph. Had foot on brakes, but vehicle was still running. Consumer turned vehicle off. Dealership was aware of problem.

Consumer's daughter was traveling about 65mph on highway traffic was heavy and vehicles were traveling fast. There was another vehicle in front of the lane. Steering column and brakes weren't functioning. Consumer continued to travel, and she hit guardrail on side, and went onto grass area. Dealership was aware of problem.

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While consumer was driving on highway vehicle started to shift from side to side, and when consumer slammed on the brakes, vehicle started to smoke. Please provide more information.

Rollover almost occurred from blown tire/excessive play in steering-bad service-no one wants to take responsibility. Vehicle frame is bent and a lot of damage to vehicle-I feel that the vehicle is unsafe to drive. Insurance does not want to cover costs on tires because tire was brand new was replaced by drew Ford on 7-2-01 and blew out on 7-6-01. They said something about it being caused by low inflation and the tire was just replaced on 7-2-01. The service men should have checked the pressure at that time of replacing the tire. (dot number: m6hltb2r21 tiresize: p235/75r15).

Abs would engage during normal braking and on dry pavement. Vehicle been to dealer on three occasions, and they were unable to locate the problem. Feel free to provide any further information.

Re brakes: they have replaced the brake shoes/pad twice ands rotors once. Re tire/wheels they could not get them to balance out tried 4 times ( goodyear tried twice) total of 6 times. Again a week and a half later, it pulls left when braking, and vibration is back again. I have spoke with wayne ( service mgr) and al mc donald ( general sales mgr). I have informed them of the nevada lemon law # nrs 597. 630 he said to inforce that I would have to get a "lawyer". Please note I only marked the first time of the problems I have full doc's of every visit on these items. Please help! thank you, crystal del giudice. (tiresize: p235/75r15).

Moving approx 5mph in parking lot - truck started to stall - pressed accelerator - throttle engaged full open - running into truck in front of us. Had to put vehicle in neutral & turn off engine to stop forward motion. Brakes would not hold.

While driving at ga400, noticed that vehicle can not be slowed down after applying brake pedals several times. Notice that the rpm is increasing. Fearing that since there is not way to slowing down the car,I shifted to the gear to neutral and exit at holcomb bridge exit. Since the speed is still at 70mph, the car hit the enbankment, went down the grassy area and (ffg is what I can remember happened)and hit a water run-off/ditch, did a spin and came up and stop at the grassy area. I was able to turn off of the engine when I came back to senses and ran to the closest gas station (chevron) to call aaa. The tow truck operator noticed that when he restarted the engine, it was roaring at 5000rpm. Towed it to Ford dealer/service at mansell road, was told 2-days later that they have inspect linkage for binding and trottle body for binding, but did not find any problem, and since they can not reproduce the situation, there is nothing they can do but to bring it back when it happened again??? I feared for the next time that it happened, lifes would be affected.

Vehicle is a 2wheel drive vehicle but it has a 4 wheel drive system inside of vehicle. Abs braking system lights comes on when applying brakes. Dealership is aware of problem.

Consumer states she was involved in an accident traveling at 30 mph on dry pavement, consumer states she was unable to come to a quick stop and complete stop, consumer experienced some injuries during collision, consumer is questioning abs which does feel spongy or the fact that she was driving with the wilderness tires that are also questionable right now.

While traveling at approximately 30 mph on wet pavement had to apply brakes hard to bring vehicle to a stop. This hard braking engaged anti-lock system and brought vehicle to a complete stop. However, when consumer attempted to accelerate, brakes would not release, and brakes were grabbing. Consumer had to release brakes by pulling brake pedal up with his foot. Dealership could not reproduce this problem.

Consumer was traveling 60mph and let up to reduce speed. Throttle never lifted for vehicle to slow down. Consumer road 2-3 miles, hitting brakes and throttle to see if pedal would lift. Consumer ended up running into a field, slowing to 40mph and slammed on brakes. All four brakes were burned up. Consumer wasn't sure if transmission was damaged. Vehicle is at Ford to be looked at.

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Accelerator pedal got stuck for 4th time. Problem stated a year in a half ago. Consumer was traveling 60mph and accelerator pedal got stuck. Consumer tried brakes, almost standing with both feet on them, and they wouldn't work. Consumer pressed down on accelerator pedal to see if she could get it unstuck and accelerator pedal lifted and became normal. Consumer is currently insisting that Ford take a look at problem. Dealer is telling consumer that she needs to buy a new vehicle. Office of chairman of board is who the consumer is dealing with it currently.

Braking system unresponsive at very low speeds, which believe is the result of the accident. Now after only 3. 5 months of having the vehicle, the braking system is very soft. Brake pedal has to be pressed almost to end of range of limit before vehicle will start to slow down.

Abs brakes sytem would not shut off. Abs brake system continued to function through dry weather any time brakes were applied.

Consumer was traveling 35mph while changing into a turn lane brakes were suddenly applied, they locked up and vehicle skidded. This was second time vehicle has done this. Consumer has a private mechanic to look at vehicle. Consumer will added the VIN#.

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Consumer was traveling 5to 10mph. While entering into a parking lot he applied brakes, and vehicle continued to acellerate and hit another vehicle.

I have not been notified of any recalls on this vehicle by Ford or the dealer.

While driving about 20 mph stepped on brakes pedal to stop, but brakes did not work, resulting in extended stoping distanc. This problem happened twice the same day.

Brakes operated poorly while driving. Dealer said brakes went into a false abs mode, not allowing vehicle to stop.

Was braking to slow down to come to a stop, and a semi trailer had slammed on brakes suddenly. Driver of Explorer slammed on brakes, pedal was hard, and would not move. Had no brakes, and rearended semi trailer. Brakes returned to normal after vehicle was moved to side of road.

While making a stop wheels locked up, causing vehicle to go into a spin, resulting in a collision. There were minor injuries. The 4 wheel drive steering mechanism had been damaged.

When driving brakes become real soft, and consumer has trouble slowing down or coming to a complete stop. Contacted dealer ,and dealer said that there was really nothing they could do about problem, even though they were very aware of problem.

When driving at highway speeds, and an emergency or panic stop is required due to traffic stopping, other bad drivers, deer, anything that may aply, you hit the brakes pretty hard to stop as fast as possible. The vehicle becomes uncontrolleable and veers either left or right despite drivers effort to stay straight. The dealer has duplicated problem in my truck and another brand new truck similar to mine off their lot. Dealer said they cannot fix it. They believe it is a design flaw. The fisrt time it happened to me a couple of months ago, it moved left 2 lanes and put me next to a concrete barrier on the highway. My wife has complained of similar incidents about the vehicle feeling unstable and veering during rapid stops from different speeds. Date of incident is dealer duplicating problem to trouble shoot. El cajon Ford was the servicing dealer located in elcajon CA.

This vehicle experienced uncontrolled (runaway) acceleration after driving approximately 40 miles at highway speeds in 20 degree f temperature. Upon exiting the interstate highway, I proceeded through the first light (green) with out needing to brake or stop. The second (immediate) light was also green and I proceeded through it with slight acceleration (no braking). The next light was red with a line of cars waiting to proceed and I applied the brakes. At that point, the car started to slow and then began to accelerate and was at wide open throttle within a second or so. I braked as hard as I could and moved the shift lever to neutral as fast as possible, but the vehicle had enough momentum to crash into the rear car in line, which, in turn crashed into the vehicle ahead of it. Both other drivers were injured and taken to the hospital by ambulance. This accident is covered in the brighton, NY police report #100220. I contacted Ford motor CO. After exploring the NHTSA database and discovering NHTSA campaign 97v07400. My vehicle, according to Ford customer service was not recalled under this campaign, although the criteria described in the NHTSA campaign summary appear to be met by my vehicle. Note: I am very sure that I did not mistakenly apply the accelerator pedal rather than the brake pedal.

During panic braking at any speed vehicle will pull violently to right. Dealership has examined vehicle numerous times, and replaced various aspects of braking system. Please provide any additional information/attachments pertaining to this defect.

Acceleration continued after releasing pedal. Occurred while in the process of making a left-hand turn, and pressed down on brake fully with no effect. Engine still 'revved' at full throttle, with brake at full pressure, causing a squealing turn. Only after shifting to neutral did engine stop racing and acceleration stop. This occurred to a lesser degree a week or two earlier, but could not definitively identify if acceleration problem at that time.

Coming to stop , pulling into parking space, and about to apply brakes when vehicle accelerated/ surged foward at a high rate speed, causing vehicle to go over concrete porch ,knocked over 6*6 pole, and hit wall of restaurant. During acceleration consumer slammed on brakes, but vehicle would not stop until 5-6 feet later. Firestone wilderness at tires caused trauble to the consumer and had to be replaced by bf good rich tires.

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With the cruise control on I drifted to the right and the passenger side wheels went onto the gravel shoulder. When I got the 2 wheels back on pavement the wheels that had been on the gravel seemed to go faster than the driver side wheels. The brakes didn't engage and the car shot across the highway while accelerating and the car flipped 3 or 4 times.