1993 Mercury Grand Marquis Brakes Problems

“Brakes failed, brakes light went on pulled over checked the fluid it was empty I called a tow truck and took it to my service station . Brake lines were rotted , in order to fix the brake lines they would had to take the body of the car off the chassie to fix them two expensive that way . Had them cut the lines that were bad and reroute the lines on the outside of the frame . A yr later same thing happen again the first time the car had 63,000 miles on it . This time the car has 76,000 miles on it .car is now at the shop to see what they can do to fix this problem again . …”

“The vehicle was parked and without warning the vehicle caught on fire and burned down the house. The fire department was called to extinguish the fire. The vehicle was towed and was declared totaled by the insurance company. The fire originated on the driver's side of the engine compartment. The consumer mentioned that the he experienced problems with the ignition system, ABS system and shifter. There was grinding when the vehicle was stopped and the gear shift would not shift into drive once the vehicle was started. …”

“While driving at highway speeds brakes failed due to a corroded brake line. Driver was able to stop the vehicle using the emergency brake. The brake pedal offered no resistance, it traveling to the floor. Mechanic noticed heavy corrosion on the brake lines and fuel lines leading from the master cylinder all the way back. Estimate for complete replacement was $1140. Dollars. Upon examining the under body of the vehicle the mechanic stated the corrosion was unusually high. He proceeded to replace the rear brake lines , as the front brakes lines weren't so badly corroded which was $740. Dollars. …”

“Abs, brake failure, rear calipers corrosion which caused the wear of dis pads and rotors. Consumer states it appears that rear calipers became seized shortly after delivery to the original owner because voth outside rear brake pads show virtually no wear while both inside rear brake pads are completely won down to the metal backing plates ABS light was also coming on.”

“Brake power booster malfunctioned, causing brake pedal to stay to the floor,resulting in more wear and tear on the braking system. Had the booster replaced 3 times. Please provide further information and VIN#.”