Ford FusionThe Ford Fusion is an excellent choice among midsize sedans and should not be overlooked. The Fusion was introduced as an all-new vehicle for 2006 and it's a superb car. It handles well, looks purposeful, it's comfortable, and it delivers good value. Furthermore, the all-wheel-drive Ford Fusion extremely stable on wet pavement.
I love my Fusion but this weekend I started hearing a horrible noise from the rear passenger side. It turns out the brake pad there is completely shot. I only have about 25,000 miles (a little under) on my car! I have not been terribly hard on the brakes, I currently live in a very flat area in Michigan, and it does not seem like the pad should have worn out so quickly. Has anyone experienced a similar problem with their Fusion? Does it seem possible there might have been a defect in this pad to make it wear out so quickly?
It is very unusual that rear brake wear out in that amount of miles. My only guess is that the pads were not installed "square" to the rotor at the factory
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I love my Fusion but this weekend I started hearing a horrible noise from the rear passenger side. It turns out the brake pad there is completely shot. I only have about 25,000 miles (a little under) on my car! I have not been terribly hard on the brakes, I currently live in a very flat area in Michigan, and it does not seem like the pad should have worn out so quickly. Has anyone experienced a similar problem with their Fusion? Does it seem possible there might have been a defect in this pad to make it wear out so quickly?
Just yesterday I heard this awful roar in my back wheel, driver side when I applied my brakes. This morning I took it to a Ford maintenance shop and just like you, was told that my Fusion (2006), 33,000 kms had run out of rear brakes!!!!!
WHAT, I said, at 33,000 kms? Yes they said and also that this was the third Ford vehicle this week with that kind of low milage to have had to replace their rear brakes.
I could do nothing! It will cost me $581.00 CDN to have them replaced.
Surely there must be a defect with the choice of metal used for this rear breaking system.
I want to recover my costs back but feel it is impossible to do as Ford' s warranty on brakes is 1 year/20,000 kms.
What a laugh!!! Gouging the public that way.
I remember getting over 50,000 kms in older vehicles.
This reminds me of what I am paying for printer cartridges. I have paid more for cartridge replacements than what I paid for the printer itself. Is Ford using a similar concept...brake replacements at low mileage??? like... soon they may be replacing them at 10,000 kms, next 5,000 kms.
Just yesterday I heard this awful roar in my back wheel, driver side when I applied my brakes. This morning I took it to a Ford maintenance shop and just like you, was told that my Fusion (2006), 33,000 kms had run out of rear brakes!!!!!
WHAT, I said, at 33,000 kms? Yes they said and also that this was the third Ford vehicle this week with that kind of low milage to have had to replace their rear brakes.
I could do nothing! It will cost me $581.00 CDN to have them replaced.
Surely there must be a defect with the choice of metal used for this rear breaking system.
I want to recover my costs back but feel it is impossible to do as Ford' s warranty on brakes is 1 year/20,000 kms.
What a laugh!!! Gouging the public that way.
I remember getting over 50,000 kms in older vehicles.
This reminds me of what I am paying for printer cartridges. I have paid more for cartridge replacements than what I paid for the printer itself. Is Ford using a similar concept...brake replacements at low mileage??? like... soon they may be replacing them at 10,000 kms, next 5,000 kms.
There...got it off my chest.
Anyone else have this happen to them?
Tegiro
I have 43,000 miles on my fusion and the brake pads are not a third worn. I have had to have the rotors turned once{under warranty} This is the only problem I've had with my fusion. Overall a very good car.
I willing to bet some of you have the same problem I do with rear brakes - bad calipers. I took my car in for 15,000 mi service, and the dealer reported the rear pads worn to 4 mm. The fronts were 6 mm. That was suspicious, so I took the wheels off and checked. The inside pads on both sides were almost worn out, 3 or 4 mm, but the outer pads are still at 7 mm or better. Obviously both calipers are sticking. I've had frozen calipers on several cars and this is typical. Pads are not warrantied for normal wear but this is abnormal and clearly caused by the calipers. I suggest everyone with too early worn rear brakes check for this. I plan to take my car to the dealer later this week and ask them to replace the calipers.
Will do. I was wondering if someone knows or has a diagram of how the parking brake works- it looks like it is connected to the back of the rear calipers. I suppose it could cause the caliper to stick. I can't find a repair manual - it appears Haynes doesn't make one yet.
BTW I am very happy with my Fusion other than the brake issue. With that, I'm more concerned that the dealer didn't tell me about the inside pads wearing twice as fast as the outer ones. They couldn't have missed this since they measured the pad thickness.
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Just thought i'd post this as i've gone on other forums and it seems to be a common issue...
Just took my '06 Fusion in today because of a horrible grinding noise that has been happening since last fall (first Ford dealership told me there was nothing wrong and maybe just a rock lodged that was causing noise)... long story short... I had no brake pad left on the rear driver's side... rear passenger was at 6mm... faulty caliper sticking and will be repaired under full warranty they are doing a full brake job on both sides under the warranty so it will not cost me a dime...
It seems like there are quite a few people with the same drivers side issue...
has there been a TSB or recall on the (any) calipers for those specific MYs?
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Just thought i'd post this as i've gone on other forums and it seems to be a common issue...
Just took my '06 Fusion in today because of a horrible grinding noise that has been happening since last fall (first Ford dealership told me there was nothing wrong and maybe just a rock lodged that was causing noise)... long story short... I had no brake pad left on the rear driver's side... rear passenger was at 6mm... faulty caliper sticking and will be repaired under full warranty they are doing a full brake job on both sides under the warranty so it will not cost me a dime...
It seems like there are quite a few people with the same drivers side issue...
If the rear brake pads are wearing out before the front(especially if you're realising side to side differences), typically the park brake cable tention is set too tight. Have the technician check the park brake cable tensioning nut in the center console. This should fix the problem.
Happy motoring...
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