The brakes all of a sudden had a shaky feeling with a grinding noise and the brake pedal was pulsating as I applied the brakes. At first I thought I needed to replace the brake pads. but when I inspected them. The brake pads were thick enough. So I had to do something so I purchased new front brake pads. and when I took them off I notice the inner side of the disc rotor had wear spots that were like divited areas. Both sides werer like this. So I replaced both rotors and brake pads and now it brakes like butter. For a little more money I bought the gold series brakes instead of the silver. and I was worth it. smother quieter braking. It feels like a new car.

My mom has had this car since 2001, and of course when I inherit it, all the problems have to start. For the first time in 6 years the brakes had to be replaced and stupid me went to Brake Masters. The car wasn't stopping properly, there was a grinding noise etc. Well, they didn't fix the problem. 7 times we went back and seven times they told us something different. We finally took the car to the dealership where they admitted to the problem with the brakes on this particular model but promised it would be fixed esp. after over $1900 to replace everything. Ford had the car in August, and the car is at 76000 miles now because of where I work, and unfortunately, the brake light for the emergency brake has come on, its grinding again, pulses sometimes when I stop, and sometimes doesn't want to stop at all! This is retarded! Where I work at, this car will end up having the brakes done every year! I can't afford this! I miss my Civic! I never had problems with my Honda! I WILL NEVER BUY A FORD! Mom is mad, but she knows it is not because of how I drive, she now knows that it is a problem with the car!

My brakes were squeaking so I took it to my local Midas to get the brakes done as they were having a special. After the getting the car back the brakes still squeaked. I went to the same mechanic that looked at it the first time and he went back and told me that he had to replace the entire rotor and the bearings, which he even admitted that a car with so few miles (this was a few years ago) having to change out the rotor AND the bearings. He said the bearings were made of plastic and were already worn down. Any more and I could have had a serious problem on my hands. Not only did he have to order a FORD part, which was terribly expensive, he was having difficulty getting the FORD part to fit as the first one did so he had to make it fit... not forcefully, but shape it properly. All in all, I was out of a car for over a week trying to get my brakes fixed and it cost me over $300. It would have cost me more, but the mechanic felt bad for me since the car wasn't that old and the brake thing is NOT covered under warranty. So he didn't charge me for his extra time working on the rotors and bearings. He was determined to get it fixed. That was the ONLY positive experience about it.