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#168 of 227 blades by gerardtn Oct 26, 2006 (11:19 am)
I gave up on inserts for my cars years ago. I'd rather pay the difference for a complete replacement than try to thread the new blades and risk tearing them.   Are replacements some kind of special Ford size or are they standard?
#169 of 227 Re: Rear Brake Issues [1635] by saabturboid Oct 27, 2006 (6:53 am)
Replying to: 1635 (Oct 24, 2006 5:55 am) We are about to hit 30,000 miles on our '05 Freestyle AWD and the brakes are fine. Your Freestyle will NOT need brakes every 20,000 miles. If you are getting the upgraded brakes that fix the recall issues you've got nothing to worry about. Replies to this message: mandygratton (Oct 29, 2006 2:36 pm) passat_2002 (Oct 30, 2006 6:08 am) coldcranker (Oct 30, 2006 3:55 pm) rick2456 (Oct 31, 2006 6:10 am) and 1 more... reppep (Oct 30, 2006 5:53 pm)
#170 of 227 Re: Rear Brake Issues [saabturboid] by mandygratton Oct 29, 2006 (2:36 pm)
Replying to: saabturboid (Oct 27, 2006 6:53 am) My dealership is saying that there's no recall for the brakes. My brakes wore out down to 0% (back only) after 13,600 km. (Car is 15 months old.) My front brakes are almost at 100%. How did you get the recall? Can you help me? Ford and Ford Canada are both pleading ignorance, saying that it must be driver error. Replies to this message: passat_2002 (Oct 30, 2006 6:08 am) coldcranker (Oct 30, 2006 3:55 pm) rick2456 (Oct 31, 2006 6:10 am) bobw3 (Oct 31, 2006 7:47 am) reppep (Oct 30, 2006 5:53 pm)
#171 of 227 my experience by gerardtn Oct 30, 2006 (5:58 am)
I wasn't offered free brakes until they pulled my calipers and found they couldn't get them back together. At that point, they admitted that the calipers must have been defective and offered me free parts. Then they couldn't get the calipers. I called Ford, and was then offered free everything from the dealer. BTW, it was not from the selling dealer, so they weren't trying to keep a customer happy.
#172 of 227 Re: Rear Brake Issues [mandygratton] by passat_2002 Oct 30, 2006 (6:08 am)
Replying to: mandygratton (Oct 29, 2006 2:36 pm) "My dealership is saying that there's no recall for the brakes."   Your dealer is correct. There has never been a recall. There was a technical service bulletin issued in March 2005 regarding rear brakes that only applied to early build '05 models. Ask your dealer about TSB 05-4-7 Mar 05.   Your description of 0% brake life on the rear while having 95% on the front is extremely unusual. If your dealer is claiming "driver error", ask them to be more specific. Ask them just exactly how driving habits could account for this very unusual wear pattern. About the only thing I can think of to account for this would be if you or someone else drove around some with the parking brake partially set. That would indeed be "driver error".
#173 of 227 Re: Rear Brake Issues [mandygratton] by coldcranker Oct 30, 2006 (3:55 pm)
Replying to: mandygratton (Oct 29, 2006 2:36 pm) Rear brakes at 0% while fronts at near full? Sure, parking brake dragging could do it, and also check for calipers dragging against the brakes while running. This was a problem in a near-new '91 Taurus station wagon I special ordered with rear discs, like our Freestyles. They changed the master cylinder and cured it, as I recall (my Dad had the car, so not completely sure). Anyway, it should be easy to tell if the pads are dragging against the rear rotors, as they should turn freely when the engine is running while the car is on a lift. Replies to this message: rick2456 (Oct 31, 2006 6:10 am) bobw3 (Oct 31, 2006 7:47 am)
#174 of 227 Re: Rear Brake Issues [mandygratton] by reppep Oct 30, 2006 (5:53 pm)
Replying to: mandygratton (Oct 29, 2006 2:36 pm) Check message #140 in this forum. It's the complete TSB
#175 of 227 Re: Rear Brake Issues [coldcranker] by rick2456 Oct 31, 2006 (6:10 am)
Replying to: coldcranker (Oct 30, 2006 3:55 pm) In a brake related matter, I took my FS to the dealer as the emergency brake did not hold on steep hills. I was told by the service manager, that there is no adjustment for the emergency brake. I told him, that was ludicrious, and he agreed, but that it was the case. Anybody have a similar issue? Replies to this message: bobw3 (Oct 31, 2006 7:47 am)
#176 of 227 Re: Rear Brake Issues [rick2456] by bobw3 Oct 31, 2006 (7:47 am)
Replying to: rick2456 (Oct 31, 2006 6:10 am) Are you putting the car in neutral on the hills? It seems like and auto or CVT in park isn't going to roll even without using the parking brake. With the car in the Park position, even if the emergency brake isn't super-tight, it's really only a backup in the rare case that the transmission pops from Park to Neutral on it's own.
#177 of 227 no by gerardtn Oct 31, 2006 (3:39 pm)
haven't heard that, that's interesting Replies to this message: rick2456 (Nov 01, 2006 4:11 am) northlakes (Nov 01, 2006 6:08 pm) rick2456 (Nov 13, 2006 10:36 am)

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