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 1999 Ford Econoline submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 17 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 1999 FORD ECONOLINE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND THE CONTACT PULLED OFF THE ROAD. HE PURCHASED A NEW VACUUM PUMP AND REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. MILEAGE WAS 34,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. UPDATED 04/22/08. *LJ
THE RUSSELL FAMILY TRUST----I HAD A RECALL ON MY 1999 ECONOLINE MOTORHOME. I TOOK IT THIS MORNING TO THE FORD DEALER IN PURVIS MS TO GET IT CHECKED. HE SAID IT DID NOT HAVE THE MASTER CYLINDER ON IT THAT THEY USUALLY CHECKED, AND HAD ME SIGN A WORK ORDER. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW. *NM
PLASTIC CAP FOR BRAKE RESERVOIR DOES NOT REMAIN SECURE WHICH ALLOWS BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK WITHIN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE FOR PROBLEM AND REPLACED RESERVOIR CAP. REPLACEMENT CAP IS ALSO COMING LOOSE ON ONE SIDE AND DOES NOT REMAIN TIGHT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK
FRONT DISC BRAKES ARE WEARING OUT PREMATURELY. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER. *AK
WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHICLE PULLS TO LEFT SEVERELY, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AT ANY SPEED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN REPAIR SHOP 8 TO 10 TIMES FOR SAME PROBLEM. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER EARLIER REPLACED ROTORS/ PADS ,AND CALIPERS. BUT STILL DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. DEALER COULD NOT FIND CAUSE. *AK
DEPUTY SHERIFF ATTEMPTED TO CHECK BRAKE APPLICATION 8 TIMES PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. FORD HAD INDEPENDENT INSPECTOR (FORD EMPLOYEEE)CHECK VEHICLE NO PROBLEM OUT RIGHT LIE. *AK
SINCE INITIAL BRAKE/SPINDLE BREAKDOWN, WE HAVE SPENT ABOUT $4000 ON BRAKE COMPONENTS, REPEATEDLY. AND THE BRAKES STILL PULL, WHINE AND MAKE THE STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY AND THE VEHICLE HARD TO CONTROL.
FROM A SPEED OF 45 MPH THESE UNITS WITH REAR DISC BRAKES REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL 14 FEET TO STOP WHEN TESTED AGAINST AN OLDER UNIT THAT IS IDENTICAL IN EVERY WAY EXCEPT IT HAS DRUM BRAKES ON THE REAR. WE ALSO SEE THIS SAME PROBLEM ON THE 2000 MODELS. *AK
WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKES ON WET/SNOWY ROADS VEHICLE WOULD SKID/TRAVELED TO LEFT OR RIGHT, NO BRAKING POWER IN REAR WHEELS. *AK FRONT BRAKE PADS AND CALIPERS WEAR PRMATURELY. REAR BRAKE DRUM RUSTED. THE BRAKE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *YH
SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE BRAKES FAILED PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BUT WERE TOLD BY DEALER THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WAS COMMON FOR ABS BRAKE PEDAL TO GO TO FLOOR WHEN SITTING AT TRAFFIC LIGHT HOWEVER THEY DID PLAY WITH PEDAL UNTIL IT CAME UP SEVERAL TRIPS TO DEALER NEVER RESOLVED PROBLEM YET WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS AT DEALER AND COMPLAINED ABOUT BRAKES , TRANSMISSION,STEERING,OUTSIDE RIGHT MIRROR AND SEAT BELT IN MID RIGHT SEAT DEALER FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH ANYTHING BUT MIRROR WHICH THEY REPLACED HOWEVER TWO HOURS LATER ANOTHER DEALER SAID SEAT BELT WAS DEFECTIVE AND WOULD ORDER ONE A SECOND DEALER SHORTLY THEREAFTER REPLACED LOOSE LINKAGE IN STEERING, AND REBUILT TRANSMISSION WHICH HAD BURNT OVERDRIVE AND DEFECTIVE PARTS IN LOWER RANGE STILL NO-ONE COULD FIND BRAKE PRBLEM UNTIL CRASH WHEN DEPUTY SHERIFF TESTED BRAKE PEDAL 8 TIMES PUTTING PEDAL TO FLOOR FORD MOTOR CO SAYS THE DEPUTY WAS NOT QUALIFIED TO PERFORM SUCH A TEST AND WILL NOT ACCEPT THE FACT THAT THERE IS AND HAS BEEN A PROBLEM THAT IS INTERMITTENT BRAKE FAILURE APPARENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE ABS AS THE MECHANICS STATED THE FIRST TIME THE VEHICLE WAS IN WITH THE COMPLAINT
DOWNHILL GRADE APPLIED BRAKES, VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING ALONG WITH STEERING WHEEL. AS BRAKES WERE PUMPED SHAKING BECAME WORSE TO WHERE BEGAN TO LOOSE CONTROL. SAME THING ON RETURN TRIP. BRAKING WORKS FINE ON LEVEL TERRAIN. SITUATION WAS VERY FRIGHTNING. TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD DEALER WHO STATED THAT IF THE SYMPTOMS CANNOT BE REPLICATED IN THE SHOP THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THEY ASKED IF THE ASB LIGHT CAME ON. I RESPONED THAT I WAS TOO BUSY TRYING TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE TO NOTICE. THEY SUGGESTED I TRY TO REPEAT THE SITUATION TO DETERMINE IF THE ASB LIGHT COMES ON AND IF IT DOES BRING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER SHOP.*AK
REAR BRAKE CALIPER BOOTS REPLACED, SPLITTING. *MJS
THE STEERING SHAFT LOWER SECTOR FAILED CAUSING NOISE. *MJS
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AT A HIGH SPEED VEHICLE WANDERS TO THE RIGHT. VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT WHEN BRAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. ENGINE RECENTLY REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME , DUE TO OIL LEAKS OUT OF THE HEAD GASKET.BOTH TIMES THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED WITH A BRAND NEW ONE. VEHICLE STILL NOT REPAIRED. *AK.ET.
4-WHEEL DISC BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALERSHIP INDICATED TO OWNER BRAKES MET REQUIRED SPECIFICATIONS AFTER BEING BLED. OWNER FELT MASTER CYLINDER WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY FOR BRAKES. THE BRAKES FELT MUSHY WHEN DRIVEN OFF LOT.
BRAKE PADS "BURNED" AND ROTORS WARPED ON A 1999 FORD ECONOLINE. VEHICLE HAS 14930 MILES ON IT OF WHICH OVER 12000 MILES HAS BEEN FREEWAY LONG DISTANCE WITH MINIMAL BRAKE USEAGE. THE VEHICLE WHICH IS RATED FOR 8 PASSENGERS WITH LUGGAGE, AND FOR HEAVY DUTY TRAILER TOWING HAS NEVER BEEN DRIVEN WITH ANY HEAVY LOADS. ALL LONG DISTANCE DRIVING WITH 1 OR 2 PASSENGERS AND LIGHT LUGGAGE ONLY. NONETHELESS FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE FORD DEALER INSIST THIS IS NORMAL AND DOES NOT REPRESENT A SAFETY HAZARD AND THAT FORD HAS NO RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS REGARD. I BELIEVE THAT FORD HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO AT REPLACE THE SHODDY PARTS THAT THEY USED INITIALLY, TO FOREWARN CUSTOMERS THAT THEY WILL VERY LIKELY REQUIRE COSTLY BRAKE WORK AT VERY SHORT INTERVALS, AND THAT EVEN CAREFUL DRIVERS CAN NOT MAKE IT TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE WITHOUT SERIOUSLY DAMAGING THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT BRAKES. I SHUDDER TO THINK OF THE DANGER TO OCCUPANTS OF FULLY LOADED ECONOLINES USED ON A DAILY HEAVY DUTY BASIS. THE BRAKES UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD SEEM UNLIKELY TO LAST MORE THAN A FEW THOUSAND MILES.
VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY WITH THE PARKING BRAKE ON, AND IT ROLLED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
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