Six problems related to service brakes have been reported for the 2008 Ford Focus. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2008 Ford Focus based on all problems reported for the 2008 Focus.
The brakes went to the floor and the whole car locked up. When I pressed the brakes to slow down it felt like something on the brakes just fell apart. I was in a car accident because of this I hit another car no no.
The gas pedal goes with gas and decelerates on its own. Brake booster does not function correctly. The motor shakes and looses horsepower.
On three separate occasions when applying brakes and hitting a bump at the same time the petal went almost to the floor. The fourth time the petal dropped nearly to the floor during hard braking. With the engine off pumping the brakes a couple of times the petal came firmly to the top. Applying pressure to the petal and turning on the engine the petal dropped nearly to the floor. Pumping the petal several times returned the petal to the normal operating position.
Bought this car 4 years ago with 18,000 miles on it. I have 41,000 miles on it and the abs hydralic pump is leaking. Cost to repair is a thousand. Not a happy camper.
Tl-the contact owns a 2008 Ford Focus. The contact stated that when the brake pedal depressed while driving over a bump, she would have to depress the brake pedal firmly to stop the vehicle. The independent mechanic replaced the brakes on the vehicle but the failure persisted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 32,000. Ne.
Because "incident" date is required, I put today's date, but this complaint is about a continuous condition. As far as I know, the problem has existed since the car was new. The parking brake always freezes (will not release) at temperatures below 20 degrees (sometimes warmer). Use of the parking brake during winter months results in driving with brake set, with obvious dangers. Not using the parking brake during winter months sometimes results in vehicle left idling with no brake set (there are times, in alaska, when it is not safe to shut down the engine, because of the need to maintain lighting) with obvious dangers. I have had the cable replaced, to no effect. I am 62 years old, and while I have heard of parking brakes freezing, this is the first vehicle I have ever owned (or driven, for that matter) that ever actually exhibited this problem.