NHTSA complaint: 2008 FORD FUSION — SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WENT TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THERE WAS AIR IN THE ABS SYSTEM AND BLED THE AIR OUT. THE ISSUE RECURRED AGAIN WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE STOPPING SUDDENLY IN FRONT AND THE CONTACT'S BRAKE PEDAL AGAIN GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND A REAR END COLLISION HAPPENING. THE OTHER VEHICLE'S PASSENGER WAS INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM BY AMBULANCE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WILL PROBABLY BE TOTALED AND THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID DEPLOY PROPERLY. ALMOST ALL OF THE DAMAGE WAS TO THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A BODY SHOP. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REVIEWED THE REPAIRS AND VERIFIED THE REPAIRS WERE DONE PROPERLY. THE CONTACT HAD RESEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE ABS SYSTEM WITH THE HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT MALFUNCTIONING BY NOT PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE STOP. THE VIN TOOL FOUND A NHTSA RECALL NUMBER: AWAITING (BRAKES) THE FAILURE MILEAGE 129,400. *DT*DTJ*JB*DT*JB*DT*DT *TR
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation