WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH REMOVED FOOT FROM THE PEDAL, AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED.THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND VEHICLE KEPT ACCELERATING, AND CLIPPED ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE. *AK
- NHTSA ID
- 847339
- Incident
- Aug 30, 1999
Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1990 Ford Bronco submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH REMOVED FOOT FROM THE PEDAL, AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED.THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND VEHICLE KEPT ACCELERATING, AND CLIPPED ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE. *AK
ABS BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL/SKID. *AK
WHEN HITTING THE BRAKES ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THEY PULL THE VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT, THE SYSTEM HAS ABS. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE BRAKES SEEM TO LOCK UP A LOT WHEN VEHICLE IS PUT IN REVERSE. CONSUMER STATES TRANSMISSION IS SLOW, TAKES A LONG TIME TO ENGAGE. LEFT REAR DRAGS ON GRAVEL AND RIGHT FRONT PULLS TO THE RIGHT.
ABS BRAKES LOCK UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL/SKID WHEN SLOWING DOWN FOR A STOP SIGN OR LIGHT ON WET ROAD. *AK
RECALL OF FRONT SEAT SUPPORTS NOT DONE PROPERLY, LEAVING SUPPORT CRACKED ON PASSENGER SEAT.
BATTERY BEING DRAINED.
THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKES WEAR TOO OFTEN, HAVING A VERY HARD TIME STOPPING THE VEHICLE AT TIMES. *AK
ABS BRAKE FAILURE. EXPERIENCE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE,REPLACEMENT OF MASTER CYLINDER. TT
BRAKES FAILED. *SD
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
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