1999 FORD RANGER — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

WHILE TRAVELING WITHIN THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT AND APPROACHING A GREEN LIGHT AT AN INTERSECTION, TWO VEHICLES TRAVELING AT A SAFE DISTANCE AHEAD OF ME DECIDED TO STOP AT THE GREEN LIGHT TO ALLOW A POLICE CAR THROUGH THE INTERSECTION TRAVELING PERPENDICULAR TO US. I BRAKED TO STOP THINKING I HAD PLENTY OF TIME. THE BRAKES DID NOT FUNCTION AS I THINK THEY SHOULD. EVERYTHING LOCKED UP AND I BUMPED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. IT WAS NOT A HARD HIT AS I ALMOST STOPPED. THE CAR WAS NOT DAMAGED BUT MY TRUCK HAD THE BUMPER RUINED AND OTHER RELATIVELY MINOR DAMAGE. I FEEL THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK AS DESIGNED AND THE GENTELMAN AT THE BODY SHOP SAYS HE HAS HEARD SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FROM NUMEROUS FORD RANGER OWNERS. IS THERE A HISTORY OF THIS REPORTED?