2000 Ford Explorer Brakes Problems

“The day of the fatality I was standing outside the vehicle for around 5 to 10 minutes. I was on an upgrade,. (however I had just recently had new brakes installed and the car was in park). Suddenly the vehicle began to roll back at a fast pace killing the back seat driver that was in there seatbelt. And injuring myself in an attempt to halt the vehicle.”

“I was stopped at an intersection waiting for oncoming traffic to slow down to turn, and the truck just takes off on its own. I tried pressing the brake pedal but as soon as it took off I was hit by another vehicle. After my truck was hit by the vehicle it took off again out of control on its own while I was trying to press the brake. Luckily the truck died on its own before hitting anything else.”

“I have just replaced, for the 4th time, the front, drivers side, rubber brake line . The line seems to be to short. When making a right hand turn the line is pulled taunt to beyond it's length. It seems that the line is about 3 to 4 inches to short. Each time it has broken at the same place where the rubber line connects to the brake caliper. I still have two of the brake lines that leaked. I don't know how other explores brake lines have held up without leaking. I am going to replace the hose that is leaking , purchased from napa that is the same length as the others. …”

“The bolt to brake caliper on the front passenger side fell out, causing the caliper to fall out and the wheel lock up. If I hadn't have been at a low speed it could have been disastrous for me, my one year old and other people.”

“The right front brake disc corroded and cracked causing my front brakes to lock up. I had to replace both front brake dics rotors and brake pads and overhaul the right front brake caliper.”