Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / ECONOLINE / 1999

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 000053131 Incident Date: Sep, 21 2000
Consumer's City: TRACY Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: ECONOLINE Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FDRE14L4XH Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 24 2000 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 30 1998
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Downhill grade applied brakes, vehicle began shaking along with steering wheel. as brakes were pumped shaking became worse to where began to loose control. same thing on return trip. braking works fine on level terrain. situation was very frightning. took vehicle to ford dealer who stated that if the symptoms cannot be replicated in the shop they will not be able to diagnose the problem. they asked if the asb light came on. i responed that i was too busy trying to gain control of the vehicle to notice. they suggested i try to repeat the situation to determine if the asb light comes on and if it does bring the vehicle to the dealer shop.*ak