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 1993 Ford Bronco submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 14 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
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 FORD BRONCO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ENGAGED AND FAILED TO RESPOND. THERE WAS A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 94V169001 (PARKING BRAKE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE EXPIRED RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 FORD BRONCO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED HE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE PARKING BRAKE BUT IT DROPPED TO THE FLOOR BOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE BRAKES WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPAIRS THE FAILURE RECURRED. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 94V169001 (PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL) THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,000.
REAR BRAKES DON'T STOP FRONT BRAKES. REAR BRAKES WERE DETACHED FROM VEHICLE, CAUSING A COLLISION. AK
FRONT ROTORS WARP QUICKLY AFTER BEING TURNED. GETS WORSE AFTER HARD BRAKING SHIMMYS WHOLE VEHICE. PULLS L OR R RANDOMLY.*AK
REAR BRAKES FAILED AFTER GOING OVER BUMPY TERRAIN THE REAR BRAKES CAN FAIL DUE TO AIR IN THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. *AK
ABS SYSTEM WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. BRAKES PULSATED, AND CONSUMER HAD TO JUMP THE CURB. REPAIR SHOP DETERMINED A MODULE PROBLEM & REPAIRED IT. SUBSEQUENTLY, WHILE CONSUMER WAS GOING 15-20MPH AND PULLING A BOAT, PRESSED ON THE BRAKES AND ABS LIGHT CAME ON. CONSUMER COULDN'T STOP, AND REARENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT. CONSUMER HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET VEHICLE REPAIRED; BUT, DEALER DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE A REMEDY. *AK *ML
BRAKES FAILED AT 5MPH. REPAIRED AT FORD DEALER. BRAKES FAILED A SECOND TIME WHILE OUT OF STATE. BEING REPAIRED NOW.
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR,CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE . PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 5MPH THE BRAKES SUDDENLY FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER REPAIRED IT AND SAID THAT THE BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED THROUGH AND BURST. ON SEPT 4, 1999, AFTER THE REPAIR BY CONLIN/COLLINS, THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME AT A SPEED OF 30MPH.
ABS SYSTEM FAILED.
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES, THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. PLEASE DESCRIBE.*AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT 9,000 FT IN THE MTN., IN 2ND GEAR, 2 WHEEL DRIVE, STARTED TO APPLY BRAKES (ABS), BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO FLOOR, BRAKES FAILED, NO WARNING LIGHT, BRAKE FLUID EVAPORIZED, AIR IN BRAKE SYSTEM CAME OUT. *AK
ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES TRUCK VIBRATES EXTENSIVELY WORSE WHEN COMING DOWN HILLS. DEALERS TRIED TO CORRECT (4) TIMES. TT
LOOSE BOLTS IN FRONT END.
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.
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