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6.0
fairly significant- Typical Repair Cost:
- $0
- Average Mileage:
- 64,300 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 1 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- replace bumper between pedal shaft & switch button (1 reports)
brakes problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
This should never have happened. A definite materials design flaw. The soft plastic bumper on the brake pedal shaft shattered due to heat causing a gap between the pedal shaft & the switch button as if the pedal were being held down. This ran the battery down. I rubber cemented a metal spacer on the shaft to take up the gap & bought a new battery (needed replacement anyway as a precaution in our hot climate). I then replaced the plastic spacer on my other Escort that is parked in the shade to avoid the possibility of same problem in future.
- unsui, Tempe, AZ, US