| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 001064009 | Incident Date: Jan, 04 2001 |
| Consumer's City: SIMI VALLEY | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: AEROSTAR | Model Year: 1992 |
| 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#: 1FMDA11U6NZ | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 23 2001 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Mar, 31 1992 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: On friday, january 5, 2001, i was coming home on the 101 freeway when suddenly a truck cut in front of me. all i could do was slam on my brakes and i could feel something was pulling the car back, when i pushed the gas pedal the car had a hard time accelerating. this really scared me because i was on the 101 and 23 intersection. i had no way of pulling to the side of the road. i could smell something was burning really bad because i had to roll down my windows. i looked at the dash board and everything was normal. when i got off the freeway i called my husband and he smelled the brakes right away. when he touched the back tires it was really hot. he drove it home about one miles from our house and he only used the emergency brakes. because he thought there was something wrong with the rear brakes. at home all the brake fluid drained out from the rear cylinders. the next day we took it to the mechanic who replaced the cylinders and the brake shoes. but he thought since i used the emergency brake and forgot to release it that caused the damage to the rear brake. on the same day my husband was driving the van and he had to slam on the brakes and it stayed locked, he touched the brake pedal again and the brake was fine again. we went back to the garage and check everything out but they found nothing wrong because all the lights were functioning properly. so my husband decided to take the fuse out from the abs brake. the problem disappeard. we came to the conclusion that when the abs do the self-diagnostics, it doesn't detect a fault in the system and could not turn off the system so the regular brake should function properly. i took it to ford on monday, january 15, 2001 and they found the problem in the abs system. they replaced the rabs valve. the brake is good again. when i asked why rabs lights don't give me any warning and shut the system down, he said sometimes the light goes on sometimes it doesn't. *ak |
