Parking brake freezing
3/1/06, 08:24 PM
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nice Kevin!
off topic, lemme ask. You work at a dealer in parts?
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nice Kevin!
off topic, lemme ask. You work at a dealer in parts?
3/2/06, 06:47 AM
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4/21/06, 12:24 PM
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Update...car is for sale due to job change http://forums.bradbarnett.net/index.php?showtopic=47323
4/21/06, 01:06 PM
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This whole thread boggles my mind. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/headscratch.gif[/img] I had my 1998 Mustang for nearly three years, used the parking brake EVERY SINGLE DAY, including many sub-freezing days (lots of ice and freezing slush to boot), and never EVER had the brake freeze up like that. I have done the same with several other of my manual tranny cars without a freeze-up. Until I read this thread, I had never even heard of a parking brake doing that. Maybe I'm just lucky, but I doubt it.
11/3/06, 05:10 PM
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Kevin,
Could you repost please. Had my 1st experience this morning also.Just the passenger side on mine.Gonna try some lube tomorrow & will limit my use , but freezing weather here is a 4MO or so fact of life every year.
Got mine unstuck after pulling off the wheel & tapping on the lever.Local Ford dealer claims they've not heard of this issue before.
Could you repost please. Had my 1st experience this morning also.Just the passenger side on mine.Gonna try some lube tomorrow & will limit my use , but freezing weather here is a 4MO or so fact of life every year.
Got mine unstuck after pulling off the wheel & tapping on the lever.Local Ford dealer claims they've not heard of this issue before.
11/4/06, 07:43 AM
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Kevin,
Could you repost please. Had my 1st experience this morning also.Just the passenger side on mine.Gonna try some lube tomorrow & will limit my use , but freezing weather here is a 4MO or so fact of life every year.
Got mine unstuck after pulling off the wheel & tapping on the lever.Local Ford dealer claims they've not heard of this issue before.
Could you repost please. Had my 1st experience this morning also.Just the passenger side on mine.Gonna try some lube tomorrow & will limit my use , but freezing weather here is a 4MO or so fact of life every year.
Got mine unstuck after pulling off the wheel & tapping on the lever.Local Ford dealer claims they've not heard of this issue before.
11/4/06, 10:13 AM
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I've found it's always a good idea to print out the TSB and take it with you to the "blind, deaf, and certainly dumb" dealer. I had the e-brake problem fixed without much trouble but getting the fuel pump replaced was like pulling teeth. I had to contact corporate Ford to try to get them to have my dealer do it, and I was interrogated on where I got my copy of the TSB - apparently it wasn't meant to be public. The dealer turned out to be more help than Ford Customer Service. Go figure.......
12/4/06, 06:59 PM
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I've found it's always a good idea to print out the TSB and take it with you to the "blind, deaf, and certainly dumb" dealer. I had the e-brake problem fixed without much trouble but getting the fuel pump replaced was like pulling teeth. I had to contact corporate Ford to try to get them to have my dealer do it, and I was interrogated on where I got my copy of the TSB - apparently it wasn't meant to be public. The dealer turned out to be more help than Ford Customer Service. Go figure.......
i'll be more than happy to share with them where i got my copy of the TSB.
12/5/06, 06:40 AM
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i got burned today by the freezing parking brake. i work at the Ford Business Assistance Center and directly with Ford Customer Service Division (FCSD) employees on a daily basis. i've never raised a ruckus with anyone over any of the poor service experiences i have had. but let me tell you...it was painful and embarrassing to see Ford's competitors product pulling out of the parking lot with ease as i sat stuck in Ford's parking lot in my 2005 Mustang GT. the roadside assistance folks wanted to know my location so they could send a tow truck...um, yeah, i'm in Ford's parking lot just down the street from Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn, MI. i was told it would be an hour and 20 minutes before someone would be by. great. i get a call-back about five minutes later from the roadside assistance group and they wanted to get more information about where exactly i was located. i'm thinking, okay they want to know the lot (north or west) and isle i'm in...after all, its a big place. nope, they wanted to know where “deerthorn,†Michigan was. WTF? Hello? DEARBORN, you know where FORD World Headquarters is. i begged to know if the fine lady from overseas knew where Ford WHQ was, she said no. Okay, fine. I get her to understand where I am by spelling it out clearly. I get a call-back after another five minutes...yeah, it'll be two hours before they are able to get to you. I said forget it. I left the **** car there. I'll have AAA tow it to a dealer tomorrow where they will perform TSB 06-5-4.
i'll be more than happy to share with them where i got my copy of the TSB.
i'll be more than happy to share with them where i got my copy of the TSB.
12/5/06, 08:41 AM
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My car has done the same exact thing, but it seems like only the drivers rear is frozen, all four rotors/calipers were frozen, (my car has not been driven much since Oct and sits outside). So yesterday I get in it to take it out and its locked up I tried hitting it with the windshield de ice stuff and just got it to unlock somewhat.
Drive it just under a mile and the rear drivers side is smoking, So I take it to the closest heated spray car wash and hose it down, so now my car has frozen water droplets all over it, the brake still riding the rotor and then finally it releases.
Of course my rotor is scared and will need to be turned.
Lesson is, while the car sits for a week or two at a time without being driven and while its below freezing, to not put on the Ebrake I guess.
Sucks, but what can you do it below freezing outside.
My Tundra no problems, but I drive it practically every day.
Drive it just under a mile and the rear drivers side is smoking, So I take it to the closest heated spray car wash and hose it down, so now my car has frozen water droplets all over it, the brake still riding the rotor and then finally it releases.
Of course my rotor is scared and will need to be turned.
Lesson is, while the car sits for a week or two at a time without being driven and while its below freezing, to not put on the Ebrake I guess.
Sucks, but what can you do it below freezing outside.
My Tundra no problems, but I drive it practically every day.
12/5/06, 08:42 AM
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I thought we all knew this since late 04 when the first 05's were being delivered during the winter.
My car locked up the rear brakes one time when it was below freezing outside and since then I knew not to engage the emergancy brake when the temp drops below freezing.
Not really a huge issue, you know what causes it and under what conditions. So for you to succumb to the freezing rear brakes of death multiple times...
is well, I am sure there is a word for it, lol.
It's a low priced heritage "sports" car, not a lexus.
Deal with it or go buy a Honda.
I am not sure even the TSB really fixes the problem, much like the Tank fill TSB, some people still have difficulty filling the tank even after the TSB fix. So is it really that big of a pain to turn the nozzle upside down while filling it up ?????
My car locked up the rear brakes one time when it was below freezing outside and since then I knew not to engage the emergancy brake when the temp drops below freezing.
Not really a huge issue, you know what causes it and under what conditions. So for you to succumb to the freezing rear brakes of death multiple times...
is well, I am sure there is a word for it, lol.
It's a low priced heritage "sports" car, not a lexus.
Deal with it or go buy a Honda.
I am not sure even the TSB really fixes the problem, much like the Tank fill TSB, some people still have difficulty filling the tank even after the TSB fix. So is it really that big of a pain to turn the nozzle upside down while filling it up ?????
12/5/06, 08:45 AM
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It's a low priced heritage "sports" car, not a lexus.
Deal with it or go buy a Honda.
Deal with it or go buy a Honda.
None of these vehicles are high end luxury cars, but they manage just fine. The Mustang GT should not be any different.
12/5/06, 09:19 AM
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12/5/06, 11:51 AM
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add me to the list... sunday night I went out to grab a bite to eat, when I come back the e-brake handle moved freely, but the brake itself was locked on tightly. Called roadside, had it towed. Then yesterday when I was dropping off the keys, there was another mustang, his was 06 in for the same problem. The dealer told me about the TSB, should be picking it up today.
for anyone that had it fixed... do you still use your ebrake in cold weather? any problems since?
I've owned many manual cars, all in michigan, plenty of cold weather, never had an ebrake even remotely stick...huge pita
for anyone that had it fixed... do you still use your ebrake in cold weather? any problems since?
I've owned many manual cars, all in michigan, plenty of cold weather, never had an ebrake even remotely stick...huge pita
12/5/06, 11:57 AM
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add me to the list... sunday night I went out to grab a bite to eat, when I come back the e-brake handle moved freely, but the brake itself was locked on tightly. Called roadside, had it towed. Then yesterday when I was dropping off the keys, there was another mustang, his was 06 in for the same problem. The dealer told me about the TSB, should be picking it up today.
for anyone that had it fixed... do you still use your ebrake in cold weather? any problems since?
I've owned many manual cars, all in michigan, plenty of cold weather, never had an ebrake even remotely stick...huge pita
for anyone that had it fixed... do you still use your ebrake in cold weather? any problems since?
I've owned many manual cars, all in michigan, plenty of cold weather, never had an ebrake even remotely stick...huge pita