Brake Drum Wheel Cylinder problems of the 2008 Ford Fusion

Sever brakes problems. Car has been to 2 mechanics. All brakes, calipers, rotors, pads, cylinders checked. Bleed the brakes and replaced brake fluid. Nothing, brakes are weak. Cannot stop in time. Dangerous. . Recall. Recall. Recall.

On oct. 10, 2018, around 3:30-4:00 p. M. On a busy city street---it was rainy day-- ,I had to lam on my brakes to keep from hitting a person who stopped suddenly in front of me when the traffic light turned. I heard a �pop� sound. After that, I discovered I had no brakes. I was able to get home. At first I figured I had a master brake cylinder problem or a leak. I had a new brake master brake cylinder put in and the mechanic discovered the problem was not the master brake cylinder. He checked for leaks in the line, and there were no leaks. He said it was probably the abs �and that I should take it to a dealership. I did so. They checked it and said the abs gasket had cracked and that a new abs had to be put in. The estimate was @ seventeen hundred dollars. I was unhappy. I contacted my insurance company and the representative was most helpful. I determined after research that as of April of this year (2018) some one million Ford Fusions were/or have been considered by the fed relative to brake failures. Most of those cars, however, had more than hundred thousand miles. My car has only 57,218. 2 miles, as photographed and established by the dealership and the insurance company. My insurance policy wouldn't cover this repair because it is termed �mechanical. � it seems to me that the abs shouldn't have failed in this case-- a car with so few miles on it. . Any help would be appreciated.

I was driving my 08 Ford Fusion I went to stop at stop light my brake pedal went all the way to the floor to wear it felt like I had to push it all the way to the motor for it to stop. This has happened to me the total of four times in the 16months that I have had the car. Usually if you keep going forward then backwards the brake would come back but this last time the brake pedal never came back and is all the way to the floor. I took it to well known shop they changed mater cylinder also brakes and rotors. My brake pedal still goes all the way down this has also been bleed several times.

This problem occurs while in motion, and only after the abs system is activated. After the abs system is activated the brakes get very soft. When in this state, the brake pedal goes almost to the floor before the brakes slow the car, and I am very concerned about stopping distance and also the extra time it takes to depress the brake that far. The system typically does not recover from this until the car is taken in for repair and even then, the repairs often do not fix the problem. Three times we have taken it in, the last two times to the dealer. New rotors (replaced twice), master and slave cylinders, pads, system flushing will sometimes temporarily fix the problem however it recurs. Thousands of dollars spent and the problem persists. We feel we have an unsafe car we cannot drive or sell to another person. Otherwise the vehicle runs well. This has been going on for two or three years. The problem most recently occurred after a snow event on 12/18/2017 however, it seem to happen every time the abs is engaged.

Brake peddle goes to floor when stopping. The master brake cylinder was replaced and the brakes were bled but the problem still exists. I hear from others with this same car issue that it is a faulty abs pump and is very dangerous. Ford needs to do a recall on these units and don't wait until someone dies from not being able to brake.

On 2/3/2017 I bought a 2008 Ford Fusion sel,,from a used car dealership an,about a month after while driving a lady pulled out in front of me an when I tried to apply my breaks they went about a inch or so from the floor board,was a very scary feeling,that I pray never happen's again! after barely missing I pumped the breaks for a few minutes,then peddle might of been about 3 to 4 inches from thethe floor. I called the used car dealer the next morning told him what happened ,an he tried to tell me it just needs new break pads and breaks bleed !. I replied back to him that breaks dont go from working 1 minute an the next minute to the floor,an I mentioned before the pads are that gone I would of heard a metal rubbing sound,he still insisted I take it to his mechanic which still put pads on an bleed the breaks,which didnt fix,after I came an to get it I asked if it was the master break cylinder or booster,an he replyed that he just had to put pads on it an bleed the breaks,. An he suppose to be a mechanic I thought to myself,and he said its ready to go,so I did a couple blocks an the breaks were the same ,so I went back tellig him that the breaks are still going to the floor so he says he asked to drive it he did an came back said its ok now,that I just need to pump the breaks on it because it had abs break system that needed pumped up awhile. Thats when I said like im going to have time to pump breaks when someone pulls in front of me or stops fast! so I left again praying the break peddle would stop going allmost to the floor! a week later I called the dealer again an he told me take back to his mechanic,so I did an when I returned to pick car up I asked what it was he tells me he put a new break booster on it. An that just fixed breaks enough to have a half of peddle on breaking,about two months later I was driving in a 35mph zone hit bump breaks went out,and again 3 x'.

I was coming to a stop from a normal speed of about 30 miles per hour when my break pedal went straight to the floor. I had to swerve into the next lane to keep from running into the back of the car in front of me. I had to pump the breaks several times to come to a stop. I took my car to my mechanic and he replaced the break mastercylinder but that did not fix the problem. He did some research and concluded that the abs module is faulty and needs to be taken to the dealer for further repair. I can currently stop my car while driving but my break pedal has to be pushed nearly to the floor and I have to break from a significantly further distance.

The brakes on my 2008 Ford Fusion suddenly started going to the floor. I could pump them up and would have braking ability but they would again go to the floor the next time I went to stop. I checked the brake fluid level in the master brake cylinder reservoir. It was at the appropriate level. I took it to my mechanic. He found leakage at the rear of the brake reservoir. The master brake cylinder was replaced. I have not had this problem since then.

In 2008, on my 2008 Ford Fusion se 4 cylinder, the dealer I bought the vehicle from replaced the two rear caliper clips due to a loud clicking noise. I visited the same dealer I purchased the vehicle from on several visits since 2008, for the same problem with the front caliper clips, which have been making a loud clicking noise when going in reverse or in drive for two years now! I was told the mechanic didn't experience any problems during his test drive. I took the vehicle to two other Ford dealers, they told me the mechanic's couldn't duplicate the problem. I was told by the last dealer, the breaks will make a clicking noise when backing up. I made another appointment with the purchasing dealer, and asked them why my 2006 Ford Fusion didn't have this problem? the service technician didn't have an answer. I'm going to inform them they have to drive the vehicle forwards and backwards several times to duplicate the problem. I'm also going to contact Ford customer service in michigan to see what they can do. If needed, I will start contacting executive management, like I had to do on my lemon Mazda 626 years ago. I got a Mazda vp involved, and the whole dealership was jumping through hoops, and fixed the problems on the spot. I don't blame this on Ford, I blame it on the vendor's that make the defective parts they purchase from.