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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005043632 | Incident Date: Aug, 28 2005 |
| Consumer's City: BRONXVILLE | Consumer's State: NY |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: MARQUIS | Model Year: 2002 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Parking brake:conventional:mechanical |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 2MEFM75W02X | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Oct, 21 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jul, 23 2002 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Emergency brake release mechanism frozen with brake on. emergency brake release in cabin returned to normal position giving indication that the brake had been released. end result complete wipe out of rear brakes and damage to drums. failure found by the servicing dealer after warranty expired. yet on each of the last two(2) occasions when car went in for service i requested " check emergency brake" emergency brake pedal 1"+/- off the floor response was brakes o.k. only after the expiration of the warranty was problem found. my grand marquis has been serviced by no one but smith cairnes, ford, lincoln, mercury. if by some stroke of luck i had depended soley on the emergency brake a serious accident could have resulted by a runaway car. to add insult to injury it cost me in excess of $500.00 to correct the problem. *jb |
