1999 Ford Taurus Brakes Problems

“My wife recently experienced a total brake failure on my 99 Taurus wagon (46k miles). She was starting out of her parking space so there was no collision. This should not have happened as this vehicle has a dual diagonal system for safety. Unfortunately the diagonal part is what did it in as the two lines running to the rear wheels were run together and both rotted out simultaneously.”

“While driving the car at a low speed, deer ran out in front of me and I brake to stop and at that time the car surged and accelerated at a high speed which caused me to lose control of the car and hit a tree head on. I pressed the brakes as hard as I could and the speed would not decelerate. I suffered a large head injury that required 54 staples to close the wound. I spent over a week in the hospital, including an icu stay. This car is dangerous and is causing injuries and possible deaths.”

“We had a total brake failure on our 1999 Ford Taurus, we drove out of our drive way going to the mail box and when we hit the brakes the brake failure light came on as the brakes went to the floor and the car coasted to a stop. If we had been going faster it would have been very serious. The problem was that the brake line to the back brakes split and leaked all the fluid which LED to the failure, are these cars supposed to have a back up systems?”

“When I brake at highway speed the steering wheel vibrates very bad. The rotors were replaced when the car was new. I am on my third set of brake pads and third set of tires in 80,000 miles. I have been told by mechanics that there was a problem with the rotors on my 99 Ford Taurus but Ford refuses to acknowledge. This is a very dangerous situation because the sterring wheel almost jumps out of your hand.”

“My brake pedal went all the way to the floor board, and I could not stop so I crashed into the car in front of me and it in turn crashed into the car in front of it.”