Brake Fluid Leak problems of the 2008 Ford Fusion

Abs system engaged when coming to stop on icy city street; this was the first time in many months of driving that it had to do so. Immediately after that the brake pedal was extremely spongy and travels nearly to the floor on each subsequent stop. Abs does not engage and abs light does not come on. No evidence of brake fluid leak, car calipers and brake pads all ok, master cylinder appears full.

I noticed that I was having to press the brake pedal lower and lower for my car to stop. I took my car to dunn tire for my six month tire rotation and asked them if they would check my brakes because of the problem mentioned. They rotated the tires but said my car was not safe to drive because of the brakes. I had to leave it there and they got me a ride home. They said the master cylinder needed to be replaced so they had my car from Friday to Monday. I was not expecting to have to pay $499. 69, but did so that I could get my car back. When I returned for my car I was told me that the master cylinder was leaking fluid. They replaced the cylinder and performed the procedure multiple times to bleed the brake system. Pedal is better and vehicle stops, but is still not as hard as is should/could be. They recommended taking car to dealer for further diagnosis into the abs module or booster. When they told me the approximate cost, I could not do it as I am on a fixed income. I heard about the recall the other day on tv and went to this site to see if my car was affected by the recall. It is. I have limited my driving especially in inclement weather because I'm afraid there might be a braking problem or worse. I am very concerned that my brakes might go out at any time.

Heading to work, I encountered a hard braking event which the abs reacted to, car was able to continue but the brake pedal became soft for all subsequent braking, and not able to stop the car in a satisfactory distance!! I turned around and headed home at a slow rate of speed but had to use the emergency brake to provide added stopping ability. Car was parked (after trying to pump up pedal in driveway) for the day, when I returned home, there were no codes in a std. Code detector and no visible signs of fluid leaks under car or at wheels and fluid level seemed appropriate. Car has about 95000 miles on it. Took car for a ride after work to plan my next days troubleshooting and all seems normal?! on line search found many similar reports.

Came to a stop at a stop light and brakes feel soft and spongy. After the car stopped the car started going forward while the same amount of pressure was being applied to the brake pedal. Had to apply more pressure to get the car to stop moving. Sometimes when the brakes are applied now it feels like they are going to the floor and I have to use more than normal force to get them to stop the car in time. No leaks found and fluid levels look good.

Driving and lost all brakes. Went to the floor as I was driving in normal weather in iowa. This was my daughter's car, I am thankful it happened to me and not my 17 year old. As a single mom with no income at this time, the car now has been parked for 3 months. So I have had time to do some research: the brake fluid was completely empty. There were no signs of brake fluid leak. I did find it is possible that the plastic on the brake booster if corroded, that the brake fluid was being sucked into the intake manifold, leaving no signs of it leaking. I also found by doing a simple search on the web forums: the same issue has been reported by other 2008 form Fusion owners. And if you paid attention by simply looking at VIN number, all of the cars were produced on the same line, in the same plant, at the same time frame. And were about 100 cars apart consecutively down the line. I have had a master mechanic do a diagnostics: the brake booster and the master brake cylinder both need replaced. Also a misfire was happening. Have yet to be determined if this causes that. We won't know until I get the brakes fixed. I don't know how I, a 38 year old single mom from iowa can see that there needs to be an obvious recall from you and Ford. But we shouldn't have to put my child's nor my lives on the line for you to pull your head out of your hind ends to see the obvious.

2008 Ford Fusion about 18 months ago I had to brake hard at freeway speed to avoid hitting an animal, resulting in activation of the abs system. Immediately afterward the brake pedal became very mushy, requiring pumping of the brake pedal in order to restore a firm pedal. I took it to my mechanic who replaced the master cylinder. This seemed to fix the problem. Then last week the same thing happened again; I had to brake hard on a rainy freeway going freeway speeds, again activating the abs system. Immediately afterwards the brake pedal became soft requiring pumping of the brakes to temporarily restore a firm pedal. This works once, but after releasing the brake pedal it becomes mushy again. The brake fluid level is good and there are no external brake fluid leaks.

I was slowing to turn into the driveway of my work, when all of the sudden I felt kind of a popping sensation in the braking and the brake pedal went all the way to the floor. I had already driven around that morning with no issues, problems or incidents. I called my mechanic and slowly drove the car to the shop, where the brake pedal continued to go all the way to the floor and it was very difficult to get my car to stop. The mechanic inspected and per their report: "there are no visible brake fluid leaks present at this time. A thorough visual inspection was performed on the entire braking system including brake pads, rotors, calipers, brake lines, clips, screws, abs control module, electronics etc. 2- upon further investigation it was also determined that this complaint is becoming more common with Ford Fusion owners (see safecar. Gov) and after reviewing identifix there appears to be a equal amount of failures between the master cylinder and no abs malfunction error codes and not being able to duplicate the clients complaint during a extended road test. " when I picked up my car the afternoon after taking it to the shop, the brakes were very hard at first application and then they went back to normal.