Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKING BRAKE | |||
| 11/19/2003 | 72000 | 1 | 02/01/1998 |
| Emergency brake release lever bracket fell from connection to plastic dash. ford will split the $2000 cost 50/50 to repair since no recall at this time. feel poor design attaching mechanism to plastic dash instead of metal bracket. when used currently, must be careful to not let release get stuck under dash making it very difficult to retrieve and release the lever. *la | |||
| PARKING BRAKE - CONVENTIONAL | |||
| 09/01/1999 | 0 | ||
| While vehicle was parked consumer's wife was at a side of vehicle, released parking brake pawl and vehicle ran her over without prior warning. consumer would like to know what was next step against this situation.*ak | |||
| PARKING BRAKE - CONVENTIONAL - MECHANICAL - LINKAGE AND CABLE | |||
| 03/30/2001 | 1 | 12/01/1997 | |
| The left rear parking brake cable (part number fmc f87z 2a635 gb) was found to be rubbing against the tire. the rubber shielding on the cable had been worn down to expose the metal inside the cable. the side of the tire facing the cable was being worn down by the metal in the cable. it appeared that the cable might cause a tire failure while driving the vehicle.*ak | |||
| 1 | 07/28/1998 | ||
| While tires were being changed, owner noticed spring that holds up parking brake cable has rubbed through the installation. now the spring is actually rubbing through the cable. evenually, the cable will snap and puncture rear driver's side tire. owner is able to see where parking cable is rubbing on the new tire. problem has not been corrected. *ak | |||