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Ford Freestyle Rear Brakes

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Re: Rear Brake Questions [tim156] by barnstormer64
Aug 11, 2007 (11:09 am)
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Replying to: tim156 (Aug 11, 2007 8:00 am)

He said the problem with the rear brake pads is water contamination. Not water from rain, snow or washing but water that contaminated the pads while in storage. The distributor dried the affected pads out, repackaged the parts and shipped them to Ford.
 
That was my interpretation of the letter, as well. In other words, "defective pads" were given out, caused by water contamination at the supplier, not from Ford, and not from getting the tires wet.
 
Which is why I wondered how in heck that some people had their pads replaced not once, but two or THREE times, and still had the issue.
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Re: Rear Brake Questions [barnstormer64] by fordwrench
Aug 16, 2007 (6:10 pm)
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Replying to: barnstormer64 (Aug 11, 2007 11:09 am)

I believe the problem with the pads was that they would swell with "moisture" while in service, meaning the way they were manufactured or the material that was used could be effected by anything in the enviroment could cause them to get wet; high humidity, prolonged rain or snow, or even washing the car. I did not get out of the letter that the pads were installed after they were wet. I do remember when the '05s came out, there was a letter sent to the dealers stating to apply the parking brake during prolonged storage on the lot to prevent pad to rotor material transfer. Maybe tehy were on to something way back then.
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Re: Rear Brake Questions [fordwrench] by freealfas
Aug 16, 2007 (6:20 pm)
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Replying to: fordwrench (Aug 16, 2007 6:10 pm)

and how exactly would applying the parking break PREVENT pad to rotor material transfer???
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Re: Rear Brake Questions [freealfas] by fordwrench
Aug 17, 2007 (2:23 pm)
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Replying to: freealfas (Aug 16, 2007 6:20 pm)

I think the idea was to have the pads tight on the rotors so no moisture could get at the pads. Also it was explained to me that the small gap left between the pad and rotor, if the park brake was not on, would make the rotor corrode at that point if the rotor was not moved from that position for a long time.
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Hopefully the end of the brake saga... by summewe
Aug 23, 2007 (5:30 am)
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I received my reimbursement check from the dealer for ~$137.00. The amount reimbursed was an adjusted refund from the work I had done (paid for) at 29K miles and the recent rework I had done at the dealership. I'm extremely pleased with my Freestyle other than this minor brake issue which thankfully Ford owned up to. Thank you for listening and supporting me through this ordeal. The plethora of information on this board really educated me on various issues that supported me while dealing with the dealership and Ford Motor Co.
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kbbbmallard by kbbbmallard
Aug 23, 2007 (6:11 am)
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I haven't posted for a while. I have a 2005 FS AWD that the rear pads were replaced by the dealer at 18000 and the dealer paid 1/2. I have not received a letter yet and wanted to know if there are others who have not got one. Or did I get skipped over.
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Re: kbbbmallard [kbbbmallard] by freealfas
Aug 23, 2007 (6:22 am)
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Replying to: kbbbmallard (Aug 23, 2007 6:11 am)

I haven't received the letter either, we have a 2005 fwd and had rears done at 18k which the same thing dealer split it with us for 1/2 of $200.
 
funny thing is I just had our oil changed at a lincoln dealer that is closer to us and they said to get in before december to get the rears done as they were still the "old" style pad.
 
our ford dealer was supposed to have replaced them with the new style pad... not sure what's going on here.
 
I'll tell you one thing though, getting basic service at the lincoln dealer is nicer than getting it at the ford dealer for what I believe is the same money(carwash alone). I'll be switching permanently once I get my 4 remaining free oil changes from the ford dealer we bought from.
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another set of rear brakes by catmoura
Nov 02, 2007 (8:36 pm)
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I just had our 3rd set of brakes on an 05 FS!!!! Got the refund check from brake job #1. #2 & #3 the dealer paid for. 41,000 miles on the car- think they finally got the right pads on this car? I hope so.They said these were from a different manufacturer. Oh and they had to replace the rotors again too
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Re: another set of rear brakes [catmoura] by barnstormer64
Nov 03, 2007 (5:20 pm)
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Replying to: catmoura (Nov 02, 2007 8:36 pm)

I took my Freestyle in, and they replaced both front and rear brakes (it was AWD). I'm not sure why, since I had them checked at my usual oil-change place and they said that there wasn't much wear on them at all.
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Re: another set of rear brakes [barnstormer64] by catmoura
Nov 04, 2007 (9:38 am)
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Replying to: barnstormer64 (Nov 03, 2007 5:20 pm)

Maybe they replace them because of the problem wit the brake pads. My front brakes(AWD too) have been fine through all this.

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