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1995 Ford Club Wagon Brakes Problems

Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA

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Brakes reportsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
9
Latest May 22, 2000
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
60%
of 15 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
0
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
0

What this page shows

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 1995 Ford Club Wagon 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.

Owner reports naming brake

Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed

Brakes
Filed May 22, 2000

INTERMITENTLY WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOORBOARD ABS DID NOT STOP VEHICLE, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND/OR ERRATIC STOPPING. *AK *ML

NHTSA ID
862278
Incident
Jan 1, 1995
Brakes
Filed Dec 30, 1999

ABS LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY- ON 2 OCCASIONS, BRAKE PEDAL WAS ROCK HARD, WHEELS LOCKED UP, NO STEERING OR BRAKING ABILITY, SLIDES FORWARD UNTIL YOU LET UP ON PEDAL (THIS IS ON SNOW COVERED ROADS). DEALER CHECKED WHEN LIGHT OFF- SHOWED NOTHING. SAID TO CHECK AGAIN WHILE LIGHT IS ON. SAID THEY SUSPECT IT'S A PART THAT REGULATES THE HYDRAULICS TO THE BRAKES. *AK

NHTSA ID
716659
Incident
Dec 21, 1999
Brakes
Filed Nov 19, 1999

CONSUMER PUT ON BRAKES AFTER SOMEONE PULLED IN FRONT. CONSUMER FELT METAL ON METAL AND HAD TO SWERVE TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER CAR. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID BRAKE ROTORS/PADS, AND SHOES WERE ALL WARPED. THIS HAPPENED EVERY 18 MONTHS. MECHANIC SAID THE CALIPERS THAT WERE MADE BY FORD WERE BAD BY DESIGN, THE PLASTIC THAT WAS OVER THE PISTONS, STUCK/HEATUP AND WARPED THE ROTORS AND WORE DOWN THE BRAKES.AK

NHTSA ID
853154
Incident
Nov 1, 1999
Brakes
Filed Jul 2, 1999

FRONT ROTORS, CALIPERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE IN 55,000 MI, ROTORS BADLY CRACKED IN EXACT SAME SPOT ON BOTH OCCASIONS, ABS LIGHT COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY.*ET

NHTSA ID
782398
Incident
Jun 18, 1996
Brakes
Filed Jan 21, 1998

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE RIGHT WHILE BRAKING, FOUR REPLACEMENTS HOWEVER FAILED EACH TIME.

NHTSA ID
528597
Brakes
Filed Nov 4, 1997

ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; ON WET SLIPPERY PAVEMENT, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKING SYSTEM SEEMS TO HESITATE BEFORE THE TRUCK WILL STOP. EVEN THOUGH THE BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED, THE PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

NHTSA ID
818261
Incident
Sep 9, 1997
Brakes
Filed Oct 16, 1997

BRAKES FAILED.

NHTSA ID
524889
Incident
Dec 30, 1996
Brakes
Filed Mar 6, 1997

ANTILOCK BRAKES WORK INTERMITTENTLY.

NHTSA ID
515378
Incident
Feb 23, 1997
Brakes
Filed Apr 17, 1996

THE ABS LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND THE SYSTEM FAILS WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED BY NOT STOPPING THE VEHICLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

NHTSA ID
982885
Incident
Apr 17, 1996

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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