2003 Ford Expedition SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

MY BRAKES HAVE WORE DOWN VERY QUICKLY AND UNEVENLY SO I TRIED TO REPLACE MY BREAK PADS AND WHEN I REMOVED THE OLD PAD AND REPLACED THE NEW PAD THE CALIPER WON'T GO BACK INTO PLACE. AS IF IT'S STUCK. AND PRIOR TO CHANGING MY PADS AND MY BRAKES WEARING DOWN, I'VE ALWAYS HAD A LOUD SCRAPING SOUND DOWN NEAR MY BRAKE, ESPECIALLY WHEN EVER I TURN LEFT. I CHECKED WITH SEVERAL LOCAL AUTO PART DEALERS AND THEY SAID THEY'RE ALL SOLD OUT OF BRAKES DUE TO THAT PROBLEM. THEY HAVE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF THE SAME COMPLAINT. IN ADDITION, THERE HAS ALWAYS BE AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF BRAKE DUST THAT ACCUMULATES VERY QUICKLY,(OVER 6HRS). *JB

FRONT BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 20,000; WORN DOWN TO ZERO MM. CHECKED THREE MONTHS EARLIER AND THEY WERE AT 4MM AND TOLD THEY "MIGHT" NEED TO BE REPLACED AT THE NEXT SERVICE. ROTORS HAD TO BE SANDED. EXCESSIVE BLACK BRAKE DUST ON FRONT WHEELS, DUST ALSO EVIDENT ON BACK WHEELS. *NM

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY BRAKING CONDITIONS AND WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DELAYED IN BRAKING WHICH RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEALERSHIP ON SEVEN SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED. *AK *MR

BRAKE ROTORS WORE OUT PREMATURELY. *AK

BRAKE PADS WEAR PREMATURELY AND SCORE ROTORS, ALONG WITH EXCESSIVE BRAKE DUST. *CB

EXCESSIVE WEARING OF ROTORS AND PADS. FRONT (RIGHT & LEFT) BRAKE PADS NEEDED TO REPLACED AT 21,000 MILES, WORN DOWN TO ANTIRATTLE RING AND ROTORS WERE SCORTCHED (OVE HEATED) AND ALSO NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT IN ORDER TO STOP VEHICLE SHE WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FORCE TO BRAKE PEDAL. *AK

REAR BRAKE PADS WERE WORN TO THE METAL AT 32,000 MILES ON MY 2003 FORD EXPEDITION. I AM TOLD THAT THIS WAS VERY UNUSUAL FOR THE REAR PADS TO WEAR OUT SO FAST. BRAKES FELT LIKE THEY WERE FAILING AT THE TIME I HEARD THE SCRAPING OF THE METAL SCRAPING AGAINST THE ROTORS. *JB

EXCESSIVE BRAKE DUST ON WHEELS. AFTER CLEANING THE WHEELS ARE COMPLETELY BLACK AFTER ONE DAY. *PH

CONSUMER STATES WHEN PRESSING ON BRAKE PEDAL VEHICLE GOES INTO EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER HAS TO APPLY FORCE TO BRAKES TO STOP VEHICLE. *AK

ABS BRAKING SYSTEM LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE DRIVER WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE OF THE BRAKE POWER FAILED, AND VEHICLE WAS NOT STOPPING PROPERLY. PEDAL WAS HARD WHILE PRESSING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. *AK

EXCESSIVE BRAKE DUST ON FRONT WHEELS OF 2003 FORD EXPEDITION. FRONT BRAKES NEEDED REPLACEMENT AFTER ONLY 13,000 MILES. ROTORS ALSO NEEDED REPLACEMENT. BRAKE REPLACEMENT ON ALL PREVIOUS VEHICLES TOOK PLACE AFTER 25,000 MILES WERE ON THE VEHICLES. FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE PADS OR BRAKES AND WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, I DID SEE A NOTICE TO FORD DEALERSHIPS THAT ADMITTED THE BRAKE DUST PROBLEM, AND STATED THAT FORD WAS LOOKING AT DIFFERENT BRAKE PADS FOR THE 2003 EXPEDITION. *JB

THE FRONT WHEELS ON EVERY NEW EXPEDITION I SEE ON THE ROAD (INCLUDING MINE) DISPLAY A FAR EXCESSIVE SOOTING FROM THE FRONT BRAKE PADS. THIS RAPIDLY TURNS THE WHEELS DARK AND DIRTY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY INDICATE A FAR TOO EXCESSIVE WEAR RATE FOR THE FRONT BRAKE PADS, INDICATING AN ENGINEERING CHANGE OF PAD MATERIAL IS REQUIRED. *JB

EXCESSIVE BRAKE DUST. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH APPLIED THE BRAKES AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER STATED THAT ABS SYSTEM WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. *AK

FRONT BRAKE PADS TURN THE WHEELS BLACK IN A MATTER OF COUPLE OF DAYS. *LA

BRAKE DUST ON FONT WHEELS. *NLM

THERE IS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF BRAKE DUST BUILD-UP ON THE FRONT AND BACK WHEELS. AFTER HAVING THE TRUCK WASHED, AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF BREAK DUST BEGAN TO BUILD-UP AFTER TRAVELING 1 MILE. *NLM I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE THAT THIS WAS THE #1 COMPLAINT MADE BY 2003 EXPEDITION OWNERS WHEN THEY BRING THEIR VEHICLES IN TO BE SERVICED. THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE ALSO SAID THAT THERE WAS NO SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. I CALLED THE FORD COMPANY AND THEY TOLD ME THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM IS TO WASH THE WHEELS EVERY WEEK. THIS WILL NOT FIX THE BRAKE DUST PROBLEM, SO IT IS NOT A SOLUTION.

SEVERE FRONT BRAKE DUST ON WHEELS AT 500 MILES.

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE VEHICLE HAD NO BRAKES. *AK. THE DEALER FOUND THE ABS OUT OF CALIBRATION. *JB