Brake Fluid Leak Problems of Ford Explorer

Fully marked police patrol vehicle lost hydraulic brakes and brake pedal went to the floor. Inspected and found right front brake line ruptured inside of protective sleeve causing brake fluid to leak out and hydraulic brakes to stop working. This is the 4th one we have had in a short amount of time. 1st on 5/15/2018, second on 1/15/2020, third on 2/10/2020, and now 4th on 3/17/2020. .

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Fully marked police patrol vehicle lost hydraulic brakes and brake pedal went to the floor. Inspected and found right front brake line ruptured inside of protective sleeve causing brake fluid to leak out and hydraulic brakes to stop working. This is the 3rd one we have had in a short amount of time. 1st on 5/15/2018, second on 1/15/2020, and third on 2/10/2020. So far the vehicles involved are 2013 police interceptor utilities. All have build dates between 4/19/2012 and 6/19/2012.

Vehicle lost hydraulic brakes. Found right front brake line ruptured inside of protective sleeve causing brake fluid to leak out and hydraulic brakes to stop working.

The left rear wheel began making a loud squealing sound (break pads) and when vehicle was at a complete stop, a large cloud of smoke was radiating off of the left rear wheel. The wheel was removed and the brake pads were stuck against the rotor. The brake pads are fairly new (replaced in February 2015). The caliper was removed and a retaining bolt was broken off/stuck inside of the caliper mount. The piston was pushed all the way inside of the caliper and would not extend out. The caliper was leaking brake fluid. The caliper could not be set back in place due to the faulty retaining bolt.

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2011 Ford Explorer was just returned two weeks ago for national recall on electronic power steering control module failure. On August 21st at 9:30 am my wife was approaching a red light. She applied the brakes and felt an immediate power loss issue with the breaks. She impacted the vehicle in front of her around 15 mph. Air bags were not deployed at time of accident. She did noticed the terrain management failure light was illuminated at time of impact. My wife did not feel the anti lock breaks engage, nor were there any skid marks visible on the road. Minor front end damage is evident and radiator was leaking fluid. Insurance company has been notified about recent recall.

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We were lucky this time, we had the Explorer in the shop and I got a call from the lead tech that stated while the were servicing the brakes no less than 3 lines rotted through, but*** the antilock controller sprung a leak and sprayed fluid all over the hot engine causing a small fire!!! no damage but we were lucky. . .

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The brake line is leaking fluid. This would cause the pedal to go to the floor when depressed and extended stopping distance. The dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. Please provide more information.

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