| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005029949 | Incident Date: Jul, 19 2005 |
| Consumer's City: COMMACK | Consumer's State: NY |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: SABLE | Model Year: 1999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1MEFM53S6XA | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 21 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: Yes | Purchase Date: Apr, 27 1999 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Total casastropic brake faiure. with my wife driving we encountered a toll plaza on the garden state parkway in new jersey. my wife attemped to slow the car and at that point exclaimed, "i have no brakes"....we went though the toll booths and stopped the car about 100 feet away using the emergency/parking brake. i opened the hood, and checked the level of brake fluid, it was full. i got behind the wheel and started the car and put it in drive. i too found the brake pedal on 'on the floor' with no stopping power, even at low crawl/idle speed. i again stopped the car using the only means, the parking brake. we had the car towed using a new jersey authorized tow company to their facilities. they cheked the car, drove it, pulled all four wheels and found no problem. they test drove the car and found they were unable to duplicate my problem, brakes worked normally. we drove home about 150 miles using caution and the brakes worked normally as they are working now. we are two mature, well experienced drivers, and i am in the auto parts/repair business. i know with certainty that i had no brakes at the toll plaza, and my wife confirms that. brake pedal was on the floor and would not even hold the car still at idle speed. i do not know what went wrong, but it is obviously a very dangerious defect, which can cause many fatalities. there should be redundantcy in the brakke system and this should not have happened, whatever the reason. the car is available for inspection if necessary. i have not decided on a further course of action at this point. thank you |
