julzrand
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- Joined
- January 11, 2014
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- City, State
- Ashland, Ohio
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2006 Mercury Mountaineer
06 Mountaineer/V6/AWD. - no warning lights of any sort ever came on. Temps in the 30's and damp outside. No fluid leaks.
After 8 hrs at work, started my vehicle & backed up about 20 ft. to load some items to take to our building next door. Noticed LOUD clunking noise & very irregular feel in braking. Thought it was odd, but parked & loaded up. Went to pull out and same thing, but now pedal was going further to floor. I could tell noise was coming from front. Drove few hundred feet to next building - problem continued. It was NOT A stopping well at all... I had some brakes, but the pedal was definitely going further to floor than ever with much less stopping power.
Called hubby (30+ yrs diesel mechanic) & our "test" was taking it over to a gravel filled area on the property. He had me pull forward quickly & hit the brakes. Did same thing in reverse. Observation: only front brakes were working. Drove back roads home in our rural town (foggy & wanted to stay away from general traffic). 12 miles to home with lots of curves & hills gave plenty of opportunities to use brakes.
ODD THING... on the way home the brakes went bacK to normal. My husband drove it since i was afraid to. He said it never repeated the brake loss after pulling out of my work driveway. I am scared to death to drive it now. I know my hubby can tackle the problem, but he has to work today so I'm hoping to get some helpful insight before he pulls it in the garage. again... NO ABS OR BRAKE LIGHT EVER ILLUMINATED ON MY DASH.
thanks!!
After 8 hrs at work, started my vehicle & backed up about 20 ft. to load some items to take to our building next door. Noticed LOUD clunking noise & very irregular feel in braking. Thought it was odd, but parked & loaded up. Went to pull out and same thing, but now pedal was going further to floor. I could tell noise was coming from front. Drove few hundred feet to next building - problem continued. It was NOT A stopping well at all... I had some brakes, but the pedal was definitely going further to floor than ever with much less stopping power.
Called hubby (30+ yrs diesel mechanic) & our "test" was taking it over to a gravel filled area on the property. He had me pull forward quickly & hit the brakes. Did same thing in reverse. Observation: only front brakes were working. Drove back roads home in our rural town (foggy & wanted to stay away from general traffic). 12 miles to home with lots of curves & hills gave plenty of opportunities to use brakes.
ODD THING... on the way home the brakes went bacK to normal. My husband drove it since i was afraid to. He said it never repeated the brake loss after pulling out of my work driveway. I am scared to death to drive it now. I know my hubby can tackle the problem, but he has to work today so I'm hoping to get some helpful insight before he pulls it in the garage. again... NO ABS OR BRAKE LIGHT EVER ILLUMINATED ON MY DASH.
thanks!!