Air Brake Antilock Problems of Ford Ranger

On several occasions attempted to apply brakes and with brake pedal clear down to floor, vehicle continued to move, seeming to accelerate, rather than slow down. First few times this happened, there was no one else in front of me or my wife at the stop sign, but today, there was. I had to swerve into the ditch to avoid a pile up. This occurred at 35 mph. Damaged a fence and parked truck on someone's personal property. Minor damage to the Ford Ranger. Did not get problem checked out the first 2 times, as this occurred when wife was driving and the problem went away and was forgotten. I will definitely be taking it to the shop next week to have this checked out. Based on the other complaints, this seems to be a common problem with these Rangers. How many others just haven't been reported, or perhaps died due to failure of the brakes and couldn't report the problem???.

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Was backing down part of my driveway which is fairly steep. When reaching point where wanted to stop, brake pedal would not budge so 2004 Ford Ranger continued rolling backwards until hitting tree in its path. It stopped then! damage was $4,000 and some. Truck is less than a year old with a little more than 12,000 miles use. Ford said couldnt find anything wrong with brakes. Body shop repaired bed.

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Abs light had been turning on and off for weeks and brakes had not been functioning properly. Then light was on all the time. At intersections I would apply the brakes and they would barely stop the truck. Once it was stopped the truck would then suddenly roll forward again even with brake pedal pressed to floor. Front and back pads were replaced by my mechanic. Problem still occurred, especially when going down hill. Took it back to my mechanic and was advised to take it to the dealership since it was not the brake pads and was still under warranty. Rude service rep at dealership went with me for a test drive, said he could not verify my complaint even though the abs light was on for the whole ride. He claimed my mechanic had screwed something up, said the intermittant brake failure was all in my imagination, etc. But since it was a safety issue he would do further diagnostics. Two and a half weeks later after bad customer service the truck's "non-existant" brake problem turned out to be water collecting under the driver's side seat and rusting out a sensor for the abs system. Entire abs system replaced. Problems solved for now but what about when it rusts out again? why had water collected there? I do not drive in rivers or lakes. It would have cost me $2500 in parts and labor if it had not been under warranty. Dt.

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Abs brakes lock up. Dealer declares brakes safe, brakes lock up and are not pumped or "slammed" ,,, standard pressure causes brakes to lock up - occassionally.

Brakes always squeek when applying brakes.

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Brakes have been examined twice for squeakiness. Dealer has stated that they cannot duplicate problem. Noises have worsened since last exam on 12/15/98. There are several areas of rust on the underside of my truck and on the outtake manifold in the enginge. Dealer has stated "that's normal" to repeated inquiries about this rust. I have already had throttle assembly piece, the "butterfly valve" replaced in Nov of 1998. I now have sqeaky noises coming from the rear axle as well, which I will schedule for exam this week, 1/11/99.

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Front anti lock brake failure.

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Brake failure at 50 mph and above.