Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKING BRAKE - CONVENTIONAL | |||
| 10/14/2000 | 1 | 08/01/1996 | |
| Emergency brake disintegrated w/o indication other than rattle | |||
| 04/08/1994 | 4 | ||
| Crossed intersection & applied brakes to slow down. vehicle failed to slow down. used emergency brakes & vehicle kept going. finally shifted into park & vehicle stopped. towed vehicle to home. noticed thick hem of carpeting had moved over accelerator pedal. *ak | |||
| 07/25/1996 | 1 | 04/30/1996 | |
| Parking brake jammed, causing vehicle to roll down hill. *ak | |||
| 04/10/1996 | 0 | ||
| Parking brake failed to hold vehicle, causing accident. *dh | |||
| 01/06/1996 | |||
| While vehicle was in neutral with emergency parking brake engaged it rolled into river. please describe details. tt | |||
| PARKING BRAKE - DRIVELINE - HYDRAULIC - HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | |||
| 09/17/2004 | 66195 | 1 | 08/24/2004 |
| I was pulling out of a post office parking lot with my 1996 ford explorer and my brake pedal went all the way to the floor as i was driving home i tested my brakes and they still felt spongy. just as i pulled into my driveway my brake light went on and i lost all my brake fluid on closer inspection it was determined that my rear brake line rusted through. i made a appointment to have it fixed and it cost me 368.69. i have had other vehicles and i never had to replace brake lines. this truck is only 8years old and i do not believe a brake line is part of normal maintenance. *ak | |||
| PARKING BRAKE - INDICATOR LIGHT | |||
| 04/26/2001 | 1 | 11/27/2000 | |
| Driver's side emergency brake line is too long , about 6-8 inches longer, and it rubs against and wears into left rear tire, almost into sidewall. this could cause an unexcepted blowout without warning, and could result in a crash. it was rubbing so badly against tire that it has begun to wear off name off tire.please provide further information. *ak consumer states cable appears to be to long and the plastic clip that is suppose to hold thecable away from the tire can slip down and allow the situation to occur, the tire had worn through the vinyl protective coating of the cable it also wore through the vinyl cable coating and had begun to wear away the inside sidewall of the left rear tire. *jb | |||