SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
Speed
10 mph
Severity
Deaths
0
Injured
2
Fire
No
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No
Narrative
WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND COMING TO A STOP HAVE TO PUMP THE BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD STOP. *AK CONSUMER STATED THE INSIDE OF BRAKE PADS WERE DISINTERGRATED SO THAT WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE RIGHT SIDE EXPLODED LEAVING A GAP BETWEEN ROTOR AND METAL BRAKING OF PAD, THUS IT TOOK SEVERAL PUMPS PF PEDAL TO CLOSE GAP AND ALLOW BRAKES TO WORK, THERE WAS NO WARNING OF THE PADS GOING BAD SINCE THE OUTSIDE PADS OF BOTH SIDES WERE NEXT TO NEW CONDITION AND THEY ARE THE ONE WITH SQUEALER.*JB