1999 FORD EXPLORER EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH CONSUMER COMPLAINTS
1999 FORD EXPLORER EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH CONSUMER COMPLAINTS (Change Vehicle)
The following EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH complaint about 1999 FORD EXPLORER was reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety administration on 1999-05-23. For more information contact the National Highway Traffic Safety administration or the US Department of Transportation. See complaint summary below.
| Build Years/Makes/Models: | 1999 FORD EXPLORER |
| Occurances: | |
| Reference Number: | 706783 |
| Summary: | BRAKE LIGHTS ARE UNRELIABLE AND COULD LEAD TO A COLLISION. IN PARTICULAR, THE BRAKE LIGHTS MAY NOT WORK DURING GENTLE BRAKING OR WHEN STOPPED WITH FOOT STILL ON BRAKE PEDAL. FREE PEDAL HEIGHT IS 4.75 INCHES, BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON AT 4.625 INCHES, GO OFF WHEN ANY PRESSURE IS RELEASED ABOVE 4 INCHES. AS YOU CAN SEE, ANYTIME THE BRAKE PEDAL COMES UP BETWEEN 4 AND 4.625 INCHES, SUCH AS WHEN LETTING UP SLIGHTLY TO MAKE A SMOOTH STOP, THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE OFF. I OFTEN FIND MYSELF SITTING AT STOPS WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND NO BRAKE LIGHTS, A VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITION. DEALER HAS REPLACED SWITCH TWICE, ALL THREE SWITCHES EXHIBIT SAME BEHAVIOR. ON LAST REPLACEMENT, DEALER SAID THEY CHECKED SEVERAL OTHER EXPLORERS, THEY ALL DO THE SAME. |
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