05 Brake Problems? Crashed mine yesterday.

Hi,
Yesterday driving my new 05 convertible pretty low speed through
residential neighborhood a car in front of me stopped short, I stomped
on the brakes hard, expected screeching tires, but instead it felt like
either a gradual slowdown or maybe no slowdown and I rearended them. I
should mention that under normal circumstances the brakes work fine,
although I've never had a panic stop before. Has anyone experienced
this before? I really can't believe that when you stomp hard on the
brakes the car doesnt screen to a halt, but there were no skid marks. I
will never trust them again. Also despite significant damage no airbags
deployed, is there a threshold speed that triggers them?

> wrote in message
ps.com...
> Hi,
> Yesterday driving my new 05 convertible pretty low speed through
> residential neighborhood a car in front of me stopped short, I stomped
> on the brakes hard, expected screeching tires, but instead it felt like
> either a gradual slowdown or maybe no slowdown and I rearended them. I
> should mention that under normal circumstances the brakes work fine,
> although I've never had a panic stop before. Has anyone experienced
> this before? I really can't believe that when you stomp hard on the
> brakes the car doesnt screen to a halt, but there were no skid marks. I
> will never trust them again. Also despite significant damage no airbags
> deployed, is there a threshold speed that triggers them?
>
ABS maybe?

Howard

"Howard Nelson" > wrote:

>
> > wrote in message
> ps.com...
>> Hi,
>> Yesterday driving my new 05 convertible pretty low speed through
>> residential neighborhood a car in front of me stopped short, I stomped
>> on the brakes hard, expected screeching tires, but instead it felt
like
>> either a gradual slowdown or maybe no slowdown and I rearended them. I
>> should mention that under normal circumstances the brakes work fine,
>> although I've never had a panic stop before. Has anyone experienced
>> this before? I really can't believe that when you stomp hard on the
>> brakes the car doesnt screen to a halt, but there were no skid marks.
I
>> will never trust them again. Also despite significant damage no
airbags
>> deployed, is there a threshold speed that triggers them?
>>
> ABS maybe?
>
> Howard

How can anyone buy a car and NOT test to see how it 'panic stops'?!!!

Different generation, I guess....


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How are the ABS brakes supposed to work in this situation?

wrote:

> How are the ABS brakes supposed to work in this situation?
>

stop the car using best traction available without leaving skid marks,
under any road condition.

IOW, if the street is wet.....

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wrote:

> Also despite significant damage no airbags
> deployed, is there a threshold speed that triggers them?
>
>

Good for FORD! Bet you didnt even come CLOSE to needing airbag
deployment!

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you pay..DEAL with it!

I've driven cars with such powerful brakes that it would put you (and
the front passenger) through the WINDSHIELD if you really stood on
them. Then I've driven other cars that work as you describe; you stand
on the brakes and it just sort of lazily slows down and stops. There's
no excuse for an 05 car, especially a "performance" car like a Mustang,
to have sucky brakes.

wrote:
> Hi,
> Yesterday driving my new 05 convertible pretty low speed through
> residential neighborhood a car in front of me stopped short, I stomped
> on the brakes hard, expected screeching tires, but instead it felt like
> either a gradual slowdown or maybe no slowdown and I rearended them. I
> should mention that under normal circumstances the brakes work fine,
> although I've never had a panic stop before. Has anyone experienced
> this before? I really can't believe that when you stomp hard on the
> brakes the car doesnt screen to a halt, but there were no skid marks. I
> will never trust them again. Also despite significant damage no airbags
> deployed, is there a threshold speed that triggers them?

When I bought my first anti-lock brake car, one of the first things I did
was do a panic stop. Since the brake system acts differently, I was told it
was a good idea to know how the car reacts and get used to it in this
situation. During a panic stop, the petal pulses and there was a pump noise,
all perfectly normal. A friend who works as an accident investigator told me
a number of people have had crashes because they let off on the brakes when
they felt this for the first time. Most of them didn't ever remember doing
it. Also some people still pump the brake petal which severely restricts the
anti-lock feature. Another thing to remember is when the anti-lock is
activated, you still have steering control.
Good Luck
Bill

> wrote in message
ps.com...
> Hi,
> Yesterday driving my new 05 convertible pretty low speed through
> residential neighborhood a car in front of me stopped short, I stomped
> on the brakes hard, expected screeching tires, but instead it felt like
> either a gradual slowdown or maybe no slowdown and I rearended them. I
> should mention that under normal circumstances the brakes work fine,
> although I've never had a panic stop before. Has anyone experienced
> this before? I really can't believe that when you stomp hard on the
> brakes the car doesnt screen to a halt, but there were no skid marks. I
> will never trust them again. Also despite significant damage no airbags
> deployed, is there a threshold speed that triggers them?
>

wrote:

> Hi,
> Yesterday driving my new 05 convertible pretty low speed through
> residential neighborhood a car in front of me stopped short, I stomped
> on the brakes hard, expected screeching tires, but instead it felt like
> either a gradual slowdown or maybe no slowdown and I rearended them. I
> should mention that under normal circumstances the brakes work fine,
> although I've never had a panic stop before. Has anyone experienced
> this before?

Yup. The brakes on my Ranger 4x4 suck. They were great when
I first bought the truck, but one day, they just got weak.
They're so weak they won't even activate the anti lock on
a wet road. The dealer replaced the MC, booster, and the ABS
control unit, but the brakes still suck. Now they say it's
normal.


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