SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
Speed
45 mph
Severity
Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No
Narrative
I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE TRUCK WAS ACTINGAS IF IT WAS ON ICE,PULLING TO THE LEFT . SKID MARKS WERE LEFT . I STUCK A MINIVAN THAT WAS CROSSING IN FRONT OF MY TRUCK AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT I THOUGHT THAT I HAD NOT APPLIED THE BREAKS IN TIME , NOW AFTER 7 MORE INTERMITTENT BRAKE FAILURES WITH ONE OF THOSE REASULTING IN A REAR END COLLISION WITH MINOR DAMAGE THIS WAS ABOUT THE THRID FAILURE THU TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AND THEY SAID THEIR WAS AIR IN THE BRAKE LINE THE TUUCK WAS DRIVEN UNTILL THURSDAY JULY 29 ,1999 WHEN THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AFTER MORE FAILUERS THAT WEEK AND DAY. A SERVICE TECH. DROVE THE TRUCK AND EXPERIENCED A FAILUER FORD WANTS TO LET A RECORDING DEVICE SEE WHAT PARTS ARE NOT WORKING I WAS TOLD BY FORD WHEN I CALLED TO COMPLAIN THAT IF AFTER A CERTIN TIME THE BREAKS DONT FAIL I WILL BE GIVEN MY TRUCK BACK WITH OUT ANY REPAIRS BEING MADE . DOES SOMEONE NEED TO DIE IN A BRAKE FAILURE?