2008 Ford Focus Brakes Problems

“Spongy braking issues, recently the brakes on my 2008 Ford Focus have become very spongy, I took it in to firestone and they could not find the problem. They said that my front and rear brakes were perfectly normal, but being that I drive my vehicle everyday I know that something is up. I am finding it hard to stop at red lights and on the highway. It's almost to the point where I have to press the brake peddle the floor to get the vehicle to stop. …”

“The break master cylinder has been leaking since 70,000 miles. Since then, the break oil has been adding whenever a parking break light was turned on. I have driven more than 10 different used and new cars in domestic and import. This is first time to have the break master cylinder issue. It is now 156,000 miles. The leaking break oil seemed to be depend on the number of the break pushing. The oil doesn't seem to be leaking when the car is in parking. For example, I parked the car more than 3 weeks because I traveled. When I came back, I didn't notice the break oil level changed. …”

“I bought this car for my daughter at loving lincoln mercury in lufkin texas. While test driving the car I noticed 1) that the brakes were making a light grinding noise while coming to a stop. 2) the low tire pressure indicator light was on. The salesman assured me they would take care of the problem before I bought it. When we picked it up they said they looked at all the brakes and they were ok. Also, the tire pressure light was no longer on, so I went ahead and bought the car. Now, just a few days after taking possession of the car the low tire pressure light is on again. …”

“If you hit your brakes and the ABS activates momentarily because you hit a bump while braking or just because you hit the pedal a bit too hard, a loss of brakes occurs. The valve inside the hydraulic control unit responsible for activation of the ABS fails to close completely causing fluid bypass and no brake pressure resulting in the pedal falling to the floor. After some time, the pedal returns to normal function and the hcu valve seemingly seals be it the same drive, or a couple drives . …”

“On three separate occasions when applying brakes and hitting a bump at the same time the petal went almost to the floor. The fourth time the petal dropped nearly to the floor during hard braking. With the engine off pumping the brakes a couple of times the petal came firmly to the top. Applying pressure to the petal and turning on the engine the petal dropped nearly to the floor. Pumping the petal several times returned the petal to the normal operating position.”